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HOW DNA DATABASES CAN HELP

IN SOLVING CRIMES

Veritas Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages:135-137 Ms. Sasha Vassula Fernandes

Ms. Chothe Samruddhi R

The DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) database plays a major role in Forensic

science and the legal judicial system. From not more than a decade ago fo-

rensic scientists have been working tirelessly on making advances in DNA
databases which is a dominant weapon used to solve crimes.

Fig.1: Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DNA is the hereditary material in the human being which is individual
for every human being. DNA evidence being the most popular evidence

to be found on the crime scene, it has become a major concern to de-

veloping a DNA database that assists the investigating team to solve

the crime. Forensic DNA databases have become increasingly common

since DNA evidence helped solve a double homicide in England in the

middle of the 1960s. There have been triumphant narratives where DNA

evidence did help solve crimes. For example, according to the

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