First, lets address what DNA profiling is. According to our book, “DNA profiling is the identification of criminal suspects by matching DNA samples taken from their person with specimens found at the crime scene” ( Siegel and Worrall, pg 106). DNA was first used in a criminal case in 1986 in the United Kingdom. DNA fingerprinting lead to a linkages between semen in two rape/murder cases. This DNA evidence, ultimately, convicted Colin Pitchfork, the guilty man and absolved the accused man who was innocent. DNA evidence soon made its way over to the United States in 1989. Since then, DNA evidence has continually convicted and exonerated suspects of criminal activities. DNA profiling has its pros and it cons, but overall I believe it to be