States rushing to make room for DNA samples
. . . A rapid expansion of DNA sampling is corresponding with a building and hiring boom in North Dakota and other states to accommodate the collection of hundreds of thousands of new genetic profiles.
Five states are slated to begin new sampling of suspects arrested for felony offenses between July and January 2009. Of those, North Dakota, California, Maryland and Kansas are spending millions of dollars to prepare for the additional testing. South Dakota, which will begin additional sampling in July, built a new lab in 2006.
“It’s a race against the clock,” says Kristen Mahoney, executive director of Maryland’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention . . .
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