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DNA was first introduced as evidence in the United States criminal court system in 1986. In little more than a decade, DNA technology became an increasingly powerful forensic tool for identifying or eliminating suspects, when biological evidence such as saliva, skin, blood, hair or semen is left at a crime scene.

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