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C.R.S. § 16-23-102 — Legislative declaration.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Article 23: DNA Crime Prevention and Exoneration of the Innocent Act, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 16-23-102
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The collection and use of DNA by law enforcement agencies is a valuable tool in preventing crime; (b) The analysis of DNA has been used numerous times in the exoneration of innocent individuals charged with or convicted of crimes; and (c) The implementation of this article will result in preventing a significant number of violent crimes in Colorado and in solving a number of unsolved crimes in Colorado.
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