A Crime Solving Partnership for DNA Evidence

In 1986, DNA was first officially used to solve a crime of two young girls raped and murdered in the English Midlands. Today, DNA is commonplace in criminal investigations and court proceedings to link a suspect to the crime and to exonerate the innocent who have been wrongfully convicted.

DNA is a naturally occurring substance and is the main component of cellular chromosomes that is the genetic characteristics in all life forms. It is a large macromolecule that consists of two strands coiled...