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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
I was of course being a bit sarcastic. 
VERY few people, perp or otherwise are in any searchable DNA database yet. Also, it currently takes 4 weeks to 6 months to get results back from a search -not minutes or hours as seen on most crime shows.
Even fingerprint searches can take multiple days, not the seconds it usually takes on the computer monitor in Abby's lab. |
Yes sir. I understood that.
While we are on the subject... I think shows like CSI & NCIS do a lot to desensitize us to the concept of all of our records being on a government database to be searched at the drop of a hat.
On the show they routinely access (in seconds) their credit card statements, phone records, DNA, fingerprints, employment records etc.
This is not even in place and, hopefully, not even legal without a warrant but these shows go a long way in making these things seem acceptable and even routine. To the point that anyone who would oppose legislation to make these things reality seem out of touch and behind the times.
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