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DNA Samples To Be Required Of Felons

Everyone arrested on felony charges in Ohio will soon be required to give police a DNA sample from their mouth. It's a major expansion of the state's DNA testing program that legislators approved and Governor Ted Strickland Monday signed into law. Supporters say it will help courts convict guilty criminals and, at the same time, free the innocent. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

Rick Jackson is a senior host and producer at Ideastream Public Media. He hosts the "Sound of Ideas" on WKSU and "NewsDepth" on WVIZ.