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Paragraph 7 ”Without standardization or scientiic evaluation of their methods, these
companies were engaged more in competing for dominance in a very
proitable ield than in ensuring the quality of their services.”Paragraph 8 ”In the late 1980s, DNA testing achieved legitimacy with the involvement
of governmental agencies.”Paragraph 9 “In 1992, a two-year federally funded National Research Council study
recommended that DNA evidence continue to be used in courts, and in 1994,
the scientiic and law enforcement communities agreed that DNA evidence
should be considered legitimate and admissible in court.”Paragraph 10 “The widespread acceptance of DNA ingerprinting led to the establishment
of DNA databases, beginning in Great Britain, where DNA evidence had been
more widely embraced from the start.”Paragraph 11 ”In the United States, a law passed in 1994 laid the groundwork for the
formation of a nationwide database.”