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Stopped, frisked, and arrested by one. and thats where these new dna powers run into some very old police practices. we already know about the systemic discrimination in our justice system. we talked about it today. african-americans make up 13.6% of the population, and in this dna area now 40% of the fbis dna database is made up of african-americans. i think that has two consequences. at this rate the very first national database of dna will be of black america. one out of four black men are al...

That part of the investigation. they did run his dna up against any other unsolved crimes in the state of ohio, didnt find any match there. however, they are continuing to make that run of all unsolved cases in the entire fbis dna data base. it is called codis, throughout the united states, to see whether its possible there might be a match between ariel castro and any other case. >> turning to the suspect in this vile, vile crime, to the survivors, how are they doing? one was released from the ...

In may 2009 the fbis dna database of convicted offenders turns up a cold hit. the rape evidence matches daniel brewer, a 53-year-old man living in the bronx. >> you know when i came back here to new york i thought all this was over with, but i was wrong. >> as a young man, daniel brewer served in the army and was stationed in ft. riley in kansas at the same time eddie lowery was there. but he drank hard, was kicked out of the army and spent time in prison for a cocaine conviction conviction. tod...

Discovered a vial of his blood. it was entered into the fbidna database. how likely is it now that police will be able to reopen some cold cases linked to gacy? could it apply other cold cases? lets bring in forensic pathologist, michael baden and mary otoole, author of, dangerous instincts. dr. baden, explain, i automatically assumed that a serial killers dna would be in the dna database. and it wasnt? >> the dna database which is federally governed by the fbi and contains millions of inputs, e...

Be cavalier. it seems like theyve done and it havent gotten anywhere. >> what they do have are latex gloves on the frontyard with dna on the gloves. the guy is not in jail. >> not yet. >> you know whats interesting about that? they looked at that dna glove and the latex. it doesnt match any of the men that apparently were in her life who all have alibis, and they not only ran it through the state dna database and the national database and it matches no one, which is more frustrating. >> therefor...

Be cavalier. it seems like theyve done and it havent gotten anywhere. >> what they do have are latex gloves on the frontyard with dna on the gloves. the guy is not in jail. >> not yet. >> you know whats interesting about that? they looked at that dna glove and the latex. it doesnt match any of the men that apparently were in her life who all have alibis, and they not only ran it through the state dna database and the national database and it matches no one, which is more frustrating. >> therefor...

>> 95. i believe 1995 was the murder. they dont indict him until 2009 saying that they just matched the hairs from the dna. >> but he hadnt been convicted sew wasnt in codus. >> he had been convicted of stalking the mothers roommate. what took so long. dna has been around a long time? >> if they dont make the codus connection it is lost in the system. >> that is the national dna database. >> judge jeanine: what we are saying is that once you are felon convicted your dna is in a national data ban...

I believe 1995 was the murder. they dont indict him until 2009 saying that they just matched the hairs from the dna. >> but he hadnt been convicted sew wasnt in codus. >> he had been convicted of stalking the mothers roommate. what took so long. dna has been around a long time? >> if they dont make the codus connection it is lost in the system. >> that is the national dna database. >> judge jeanine: what we are saying is that once you are felon convicted your dna is in a national data bank. >> s...

major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far weve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the schools handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. hol...

shes 77 years old and she said time has come. she was okay with it. >> reporter: shes had quite a long time of being the most decorated olympian ever, hasnt she? upsteps michael phelps and it was widely expected to happen. it had been disappointing to this point but he is now the most successful olympian ever after picking up the silver and gold in the relay. the big question here, does that mean hes the greatest olympian ever because he has the most medals, is he the greatest or shoul...