Rhetorical Precis of "Twenty Years of DNA Databanks in the U.S. "

In "Twenty Years of DNA Databanks in the U.S." Sheldon Krimsky emphasizes that there has been an expansion of the categories of individuals whose forensic DNA samples are deposited into CODIS. This varies from convicted felons to sex offenders to undocumented immigrants and misdemeanants who have neither been charged nor convicted of a crime. Krimsky supports his claim by stating that 11 states have passed laws allowing police to obtain DNA forensic profiles of arrestees who have not been charged or convicted of a crime. Proposition 16 in California helps enforce the point the writer is giving to the reader which is that DNA is influential to the convictions of criminals and of solving cold cases.

 Krimsky, Sheldon. "Twenty Years Of DNA Databanks In The U.S." Genewatch 24.5 (2011): 9-11. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.