When Scientist Pick a Fight WIth the Law
Osagie Obasogie
Osagie Obasogie
2012

Two dozen scientists (along with several other scholars and practitioners) recently published an open letter in the prestigious journal Science that called out the Federal Bureau of Investigation for stonewalling research access to the federal DNA database. This database houses almost eight million DNA profiles used to identify unknown offenders who leave biological materials at crime scenes. Why are scientists poking this bear with a stick? (Originally published at Science Progress.)