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September
LESS PRECISE DNA TEST OKd (Judge allows use in rape case)
A Nassau judge will allow the district attorney’s office to try a rape case using the same DNA technology that has helped identify the remains of unknown soldiers. A victory for prosecutors. The ruling earlier this week marks the first time on Long Island, and only the second time in the state, that the genetic material known as mitochondrial DNA, also referred to as mtDNA, will be permitted as evidence in a criminal trial. The decision stemmed from a June hearing in which the prosecution asked the judge to permit