Last Thursday a classmate of mine wrote an article discussing the poor job of courts in using DNA as evidence prior to sentencing. (“Many times, DNA and other records only become available upon appeal.”) They brought to surface the current release of the wrongly-sentenced inmate, Michael Morton and continued on to defend the use and storage of DNA for future court cases to prevent similar instances from occurring. What I also discovered is that DNA is destroyed and thrown out after cases that end in conviction. However, the justice system is obviously flawed so, as my classmate suggested, evidence should be kept for as long as possibly needed. I liked this article, especially the solutions my classmate provided regarding DNA storage for future use and would agree that our already unjust justice system should make any and all additional efforts to be... more just.
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