1. A sound compromise would lift the statute of limitations for rape and a limited number of other violent offenses in which decisive biological evidence would most likely be present. 2. He added that the policy would apply largely to sexual assault cases, where some biological evidence frequently exists, but would also apply to some homicides. 3. In this case, biological evidence abounded. 4. In the Graham case, there is no biological evidence to test, but the argument for a reprieve is at least as strong. 5. It would require law enforcement and the courts to preserve all DNA and biological evidence until the convicted person is no longer incarcerated. 6. Remember, though, that DNA solves crimes only when there is biological evidence. 7. The act would also require the preservation of biological evidence that may later prove crucial on appeal and ensure death row inmates access to DNA testing. 8. Their genetic codes are stored in a computer in Berkeley and compared routinely against biological evidence from crimes that have stumped police for years. 9. Their measure would add the timely testing of rape kits to an existing statute dealing with eliminating a backlog of biological evidence gathered at crime scenes. 10. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found the first sign of biological evidence linking Odwalla Inc. juice drinks to the recent outbreak of E. coli food poisoning. |
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