Chicago Adult Entertainment: Illinois plans reforms for processing DNA

Members of the working group now agree that analyzing DNA in these types of cases and comparing it to DNA taken from convicted felons and other crime scenes could help produce valuable findings, such as the work of a serial rapist.
“If a prostitute makes a report of rape and then disappears, a prosecutor may say I’m not going forward with a case because I can’t win it,” said Lisa Friel, a chief sex crimes prosecutor in New York County, N.Y., where she said rape-kit testing is a top priority. “But if you move forward with the DNA gathered from the prostitute’s rape kit and it links to another attack, then you have a totally different scenario on your hands. You know you need to catch this person before they attack again.”

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