The economics of these techniques are also favorable. Computer matching is cheap and, as biotechnology improves, the costs of DNA sampling could fall from roughly $200 a test today to less than $50 by the end of the decade.
In the interest of justice and fairness, every effort must be taken to assure that these technologies are completely valid. It's unfortunate that there has been no technical coordination, for example, between the multibillion-dollar Human Genome Initiative and the forensic DNA programs of the FBI.
