DNAevidenceisaveryimportantpartofmostcriminaltrials.DNAevidenceisoneofthemost importantpieceofacriminaltrial.Itisaveryaccuratepieceofevidencetoeitherprovesomeone innocentorguilty.DNAevidenceisthemostsolidpieceofevidenceandcanbeusedindifferent waysandcanhelporbreakacase. TherearetwomainwaystouseDNAevidenceandmanyconvictshaveaDNAprofile.Incases whereasuspectisidentified,asampleofDNAcanbecomparedwithevidencefromacrime scene.IncaseswhereasuspectisunidentifiedinvestigatorscantakeasampleofDNAfrom thecrimesceneanditcanbeanalyzedtotryandmatchitwithoffendersorconvictsDNA profiles.DNAisgenerallylinkedtoDNAoffenderprofiles.Inthelate80'sandearly90'stheymade certainconvictshaveDNAprofiles.DNAoffenderprofileshelpoutinvestigatorsalot.Theyhelp convictpeopleandprovetheminnocent.TherearemanythingsandplacesthatDNA evidencecanbefound.Blood,saliva,persperation,hair,teeth,mucus,fingernails,andseman areallthingsthatcanbetracedintosomeonesDNA.DNAevidencecanbefoundalmost anywhereinacrimescene.LawenforcementshavetobecarefulwhilehandlingDNAevidence becauseitcanbeeasilycontaminatedanduseless.

Lawenforcementsusepaperbagsorpaper envelopestostoreDnasamplessotheycan'tberuined.Theyarenotstoredinplasticbags becauseitwillretainmoisturethatmaydamagetheevidence.Thesefactsareveryimportant becauseifyoudocontaminatetheDNAevidenceitisgoneorruinedforever.Theonlywayit couldbeusedisifthereweremoreatthecrimescenethatwasntcontaminated.Thereare manytrialsorcourtcasesthatDNAevidenceisusedin.OneofthefirsttimeswhenDNA evidencewasusedinatrialwasonNovember1987.Someonewasconvictedofrapebecause oneofthemainevidencetheyhadwasaDNAsamplefromthecrimescenethatmatcheda samplefromthedefendant.AnothertrialthatusedDNAevidenceistheStateV.Woodall.They testedwoodallwithasampleofhisDNA,thentookasamplefromthecrimesceneanditdidnot match,Hewasreleasedfromprison.AconnectionimadewasthattheOJSimsontrialwas simalarbecausehewasneverconvictedbecausetheydidnthaveenoughDNAevidenceto provethathewasthemurderer.