[Black Agnes]

DNA is *not* more reliable than a fingerprint. It's actually easy to duplicate DNA and if you like, plant it wherever you want. The 'kit', PCR, costs about $40. It copies small quantities of DNA like a xerox machine in order to get enough to sequence. It's used in biology labs all the time. This is a money making opportunity waiting to happen for some enterprising med-tech at a medical laboratory.

[kaylar]

Really....that's rather a terrifying prospect, and it makes this database even more problematical.

[webstersII]

Then why is DNA becoming the gold standard for LE to prosecute cases in court? Seems like your info would give the defense lots of grist for the mill of "reasonable doubt".