CODIS links unknown DNA left during the commission of a crime to offenders who are legally required to provide samples for the database.

CODIS started as a system for sex offenders, but because of its success state law makers expanded guidelines to include felony offenders in prison, and eventually to those on felony probation.

But CODIS and the United Kingdom's National DNA Database (NDNAD) have their limitations, notes Matthew Thomas, Ph.D., senior scientist for DNAPrint Genomics of Sarasota, Florida.

GEORGIA - Last week, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Combined DNA Index System recorded its 6,000th state offender hit. CODIS contains DNA profiles from evidence collected in criminal ...

The CODIS Administrator estimates the department gets about 600 hits per year on all crimes. “I’m happy that I can help take the criminals off the street by providing good work.

The 27th Annual National CODIS Conference was held virtually on November 15th – 19th, 2021. The conference includes all of the content you have come to expect from previous conferences such as: an ...

COLUMBUS - Confusion around Ohio’s seven-year-old DNA collection law extends beyond collection to whether it can be removed in cases of acquittal. The answer is yes, but there are indications ...

Wilmington detectives received a positive CODIS hit in March of 2020.” However, an arrest can’t be made on a CODIS hit alone, the release said.