03-02-2011, 05:24 PM
(03-02-2011, 05:18 PM)shitstorm Wrote:(03-02-2011, 05:08 PM)Lady Cop Wrote: SS: Or not. This could all be wishful thinking on your part.
well Dick is a retired LEO, and he and i agree based on experience.
Well, lets hope that you guys are right and I'm just a cynical onlooker. I want to be wrong.
To either of you - Do you think that DNA as a means of nailing perps has made investigators too reliant on technology to solve cases?
Also, don't a fair amount of murders go unsolved?
that's OK, i'm cynical too. after years of being a LEO.
yes many murders are unsolved, usually when there is no nexus between victim and killer. a national DNA database will help rectify that in the case of serial killers who are highly mobile.
and i don't think DNA has made investigators lazy about working a case. it's simply another tool and a damn accurate one. it's good for not only proving cases, but proving innocence.