DNA Testing Quotes

Technology is neutral: It convicts and finds innocents. We must make it a regularized part of the system, giving defendants access to DNA testing and evidence whenever it might be relevant.

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea.

What if I told you every single person in America - every single person on Earth - is African? With a small scrape of cells from the inside of anyone's cheek, the science of genetics can even prove it.

My fans are buying the DNA of Dave.

Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood.

I didn't want my genome to be sequenced by any of the companies that were out there doing the partial sequences just from the point of view of commercialisation.

The advent of DNA testing, and the number of convictions thrown out, has confirmed that we've put LOTS of innocent people to death. There need not be any other argument against death penalty.

I do not want to die being known for doing baby mama DNA tests on my show.

Everyone is doing forensics.

A person who is no longer with us has a rather difficult time proving his innocence …. In Texas and elsewhere in the country, people’s innocence is determined by their income.

A criminal should be exonerated if it is proven to the court that the blood of the victim was permitted.

I certainly try to avoid getting bogged down in forensics. There is certainly a whole lot of other writers who know a lot more than me about it. I know enough about it to do a little bit of background on laboratory techniques and stuff. But it kind of bores me.

Many states and even many people who are in support of the death penalty question their support of the death penalty because of the imperfection of our courts. Through DNA testing, we don't always get it right, even with that.

Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.

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You cannot look at a person's genes and say with any accuracy whether they are from one racial group or another.

I had the analysis of a million or so SNPs [single nucleotide polymorphisms] just to see what was there. That's partly because I was writing a book about DNA and personalized medicine and I thought it would be a little bit disingenuous to talk about what could be done without actually having the experiment done on yourself.

We all want our genetic information. Why would you not want genetic information?

'John Doe' is typically used in a warrant when the accused is known by an alias or by a physical description.

With the advent of DNA, we know that people have been convicted and sentenced to death who later proved not to be guilty of the crime.

Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.

My quest to find my first family would never have been actualized without technology.

I was pretty serious about pursuing forensic science as a profession. In fact, I pursued an internship at the office of the chief medical examiner here in New York.

With DNA, the ability to find out a lot more with a lot less has increased our ability for identification.

Defense lawyers sleep. Prosecutors lie. DNA Testing is to justice what the telescope is for the stars ... a way to see things as they really are