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Re:Cops are asking Ancestry.com and 23andMe for their custom... by misnome on Friday October 16, 2015 @07:21PM (#10402614)
> the DA's comment should be read in the light of the huge backlog that exists for testing rape kits

Except grabbing DNA information from private companies databases is only potentially useful IF those kits are tested. Testing the kits is orthogonal to clearing the cases.

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Re:Cops are asking Ancestry.com and 23andMe for their custom... by anigbrowl on Friday October 16, 2015 @08:01PM (#10402768)
Quite so. it would have been better for me to say 'could be read in the light of' as opposed to 'should be..'
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