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THERE IS NO DNA DEBACLE!by Adriana Alcalde (ASA, Sexual Battery Unit)After reading the words ?DNA Debacle? on JAABLOG, my heart sank and I felt a knot forming in the pit of my stomach.  Since many of my cases involve DNA,  I was worried.  I decided to look into what the issue was before going into panic mode.  Once I read and reread the SWGDAM interpretation guidelines for Autosomal STR Typing by Forensic DNA testing Laboratories, and met with the BSO crime lab experts, I am satisfied to say that this is really a non-issue for almost all cases.  First of all the guidelines where published in April of 2010 and they state that they are ?not intended to be applied retroactively? (pg 1).  So this means if the DNA sample on your case was tested before, then it is a non-issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on November 30, 2010 (boomark / email).