In his January State of the Union Address, President Bush called for an expansion of the federal government’s efforts to use DNA evidence to solve crime and free the innocent. “In America,” he said, “we must make doubly sure no person is held to account for a crime he or she did not commit — so we are dramatically expanding the use of DNA evidence to prevent wrongful conviction.” Last year, Congress included $110 million in the 2005 budget to ease the backlog of unanalyzed DNA evidence in crime labs nationwide. Tales of crimes solved and wrongful convictions overturned thanks … Continue reading DNA Dragnets