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A better DNA databank means more crimes solved, but how do you collect that DNA without infringing on privacy rights? In this episode of Crime Scene, we talk to Ray Wickenheiser, who runs the New York State Police Crime Lab, about how DNA evidence is

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In this file photo, a lab officer cuts a DNA fragment under UV light from an agarose gel for DNA sequencing.(Photo: AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

A better DNA databank means more crimes solved, but how do you collect that DNA without infringing on privacy rights?

In this episode of Crime Scene, we talk to Ray Wickenheiser, who runs the New York State Police Crime Lab, about how DNA evidence is collected and about the balance between security and privacy concerns.

We didn't mean to have a part two of last month's Crime Scene which looked at what it's like to be cleared of a rape and murder you didn't commit after decades in prison but Wickenheiser delivered such a master class on DNA evidence that we couldn't resist.

Lohud's Crime Scene podcast offers true crime stories tales of murder and mayhem, and the police who solve the most heinous crimes.

Here are previous episodes, in case you missed them:

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