tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6505409392848668074..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: DNA testing dominates crime lab backlogsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1838482850978888432012-08-09T10:49:35.718-05:002012-08-09T10:49:35.718-05:0010:05, to be clear, Keasler said that about death-...10:05, to be clear, Keasler said that about death-penalty cases, which are a small subset and where the outcome is irrevocable. He didn't say "test everything" in every case.<br /><br />Projecting into the future, the biggest volume of DNA cases on the horizon are with "touch DNA" on property crimes. There, priorities definitely must be set, but probably not at the expense of testing in capital cases where the identity of the killer is in question.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62264757523528270452012-08-09T10:05:01.758-05:002012-08-09T10:05:01.758-05:00Exactly. And, as Judge Keasler of the Texas Court ...Exactly. And, as Judge Keasler of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals recently stated, prosecutors should be "testing everything!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com