108th Congress / Bills / H R 3214

Title

To eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.

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Actions and defenses | Administrative remedies | Armed forces | Authorization | Budgets | Capital punishment | Child sexual abuse | Children | Civil liberties | Compensation (Law) | Compensation for victims of crime | Congress | Congressional reporting requirements | Conspiracy | Contempt of court | Correctional personnel | Court records | Criminal investigation | Criminal justice | Criminal justice information | Criminal procedure | Data banks | Defense policy | Department of Justice | Directories | DNA | Drug abuse | Education | Electronic government information | Employee training | Evidence (Law) | Executive departments | Families | Family services | Family violence | Federal advisory bodies | Federal aid to Indians | Federal aid to law enforcement | Federal aid to research | Federal-local relations | Federal-state relations | Fines (Penalties) | Fingerprints | Firearms | Forensic chemistry | Forensic medicine | Forensic scientists | Government contractors | Government information | Government paperwork | Government procurement | Governmental investigations | Higher education | Identification devices | Identification of criminals | Indian law enforcement | Indian women | Inspectors general | Job training | Judicial officers | Laboratories | Law | Lawyers | Legal aid | Legal education | Legal fees | Legal malpractice | Legal services | Licenses | Limitation of actions | Local laws | Medical care | Medical education | Medicine | Military and naval offenses | Minorities | Missing persons | Murder | Negligence | Nonprofit organizations | Obstruction of justice | Parole | Performance measurement | Perjury | Physical examinations | Police training | Prisoners | Prisoners' rights | Professional associations | Prosecution | Public contracts | Public defenders | Public prosecutors | Rape | Rape victims | Recidivists | Research and development | Right of privacy | Salaries | Science policy | Sentences (Criminal procedure) | Sex crimes | Social life and customs | Social services | Standards | State and local government | State laws | Technology | Telecommunication | Toxicology | Victims of crimes | Violence | Women

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