Attorney General Opposition to DNA Database Disclosure
Opposition by the California Department of Justice to defense request to conduct pairwise comparisons of all profiles in the state's forensic DNA database. Reasons cited for opposition are: 1) the information is protected by non-disclosure statutes, 2) the requested task is time-consuming in the extreme, 3) there is apotential risk to public safety, 4) such a task is irrelevant to this particular case and 5) the requested task is unnecessary for conducting research on the accuracy of statistical accuracy.
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Creator PDSDC
Subject Topic Area(s) DNA Database Issues