The world of science has pushed boundaries beyond all that is thought possible and thought impossible and has leaped through all sorts of bounds to push the limitations. One of leading ways, scientist are able to do this is genetic engineering. Aesthetically speaking, genetic engineering is the deliberate modifications of an organism`s characteristics through manipulation of one`s genetic material. These modifications are made to acquire a desired result or trait in tested subjects, which include, but do not exclude humans, crops, animals, and etc. Other than medicine, this innovative technology is applied to other fields such as agriculture and forensic science. In general, though there seem to be many benefits, experts have criticized genetic …show more content…
Genetic engineering has allowed for the real culprits to be convicted and the wrongfully accused to go free, based on concreate evidence instead of hearsay and circumstantial evidence. Concerns are raised as people find DNA fingerprinting a violation of privacy as they find giving up a large amount of their identifiable information invasive and a violation of our civil rights. Another con of this sort of technology is it gives what people believe undeniable evidence for conviction and has strong influence over juries. This could lead to guilty culprits planting DNA evidence of the innocent at a crime scene, as they think if that person`s DNA is at the crime scene than they will not be arrested, and the innocent person will be wrongfully convicted. Additionally, the accuracy of the results merely on the lab, experience, and equipment, so not all results from every lab is accurate or could be mishandled. The worst part of this is whether the evidence is mishandled or contaminated, the results can sway the future as a person`s life lies in the balance. In one case study in the Houston Police Department Crime Lab , Houston had to shut its crime lab`s DNA sector down for a couple of years following 20002 , due to issues with training examiners; which lead to three exonerations and the wrongful conviction of over a 1,000 cases. Since DNA fingerprinting gives away large part of people`s identification information, they fear that the information could be sued the insurance companies to reject them from coverage to people who have a predisposition toward