Chapter 22.3, Problem 3BTH

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Whether all defendants or already convicted of crimes shouldhave access to DNA fingerprinting (at government expense) to prove theirinnocence. 

Introduction:

DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is the genetic contentpresent in a cell. It encodes information that is translated for phenotype anddifferent functionality of the cell. A DNA molecule has a pattern of certainunique segments of nucleotides that it inherits from the parents and makes it

unique. The technique that uses the property of DNA of having a uniqueset of segments is known as DNA profiling.