States make room for DNA samples
April 24, 2008 | National News
Five states are slated to begin new sampling of suspects arrested for felony offenses between July and January 2009. Of those, North Dakota, California, Maryland and Kansas are spending millions of dollars to prepare for the additional testing. South Dakota, which will begin additional sampling in July, built a new lab in 2006.
Marone, who also is director of Virginia's Department of Forensic Science, said Virginia expanded its sampling in 2003 from convicted felons to include suspects arrested, but not tried, for seven felony offenses.
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