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Last updated on Monday, August 20, 2018
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A state law allowing DNA samples to be collected from those arrested for a suspected felony helped produced a higher number of matches to crimes than ever before, according to State Rep. Greg Steuerwald (R-Avon).
As of this year, a DNA profile is taken from anyone arrested for a felony crime and then compared to others in a nationwide database called the combined DNA index system, or CODIS.
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Since the law took effect, CODIS has confirmed more than 500 total DNA matches, many of which would likely not have been secured without the new law.
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