Don't laugh. A serial rape case in a Southern state had police baffled, looking for the reported white guy.
A DNA scientist offered to narrow down the field, and they gave him the unknown rapist sample along with 19 other known donors. He correctly ID'd the 19 known, going into the specifics, and said the unknown was a black guy, with proportional ancestry from where ever.
The police shifted to black guys in white pickups... and caught the alleged perp, complete with rape kit.
The [black] prosecutor was mixed about the use of DNA...
A less misogynistic prosecutor would have been thrilled to take the actual perp off the streets sooner, rather than later, and not waste police resources following the wrong description.
No I’m laughing because some defense lawyer will claim checking DNA for race is “racist” and unfair and try to get it thrown out....
Mark my words.