By Curt_Anderson January 10, 2025 6:44 pm Category: Crime (0.0 from 0 votes)
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By law, every person convicted of a felony in New York must provide a DNA sample for the state’s crime databank. Samples can be taken by a court or police official.
It’s a noninvasive process involving a swab along the inside of the cheek. State police analyze the cells and genetic material, creating a profile that is then entered into the databank.
There, technology takes over, performing automatic searches and comparing profiles of people convicted of crimes with profiles of DNA collected at crime scenes. Matches can be used to identify a suspect in an unsolved crime.
New York’s databank contains profiles for more than 720,000 offenders and is connected to the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System.
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By law, every person convicted of a felony in New York must provide a DNA sample for the state’s crime databank. Samples can be taken by a court or police official.
