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Golden state killer case. investigators say they plan to test dna evidence to link murders. the 72-year-old former cop is suspected in at least 50 rapes and 12 murders in the 70s and 80s in california. police comparing evidence with genetic information posted to an online ancestry website. that move is pasparking new privacy concerns. here to discuss, heather hanson, morgan wright. so when i first heard, morgan, that this case was solved through an online dna database, i thought when a dumb criminal. he sends his dna to a database. it wasn't that at all. it's a public database run by volunteer...

You came before this committee in december of 2015 and i asked you then about this legislation and you said it would quote help us change the world in a very, very exciting way, unquote. is that still your view of the value of this legislation? and do you believe that congress should enact it on its own without getting tangled up in other criminal justice reform issues? >> i agree that rapid dna will enhance the safety of the american people. if a police officer somewhere in the united states has in his or her custody someone who is a rapist. before letting them go on some lesser offense they ...

Mr. director, you came before this committee in december 2015 and i asked you then about this legislation, you said it would, quote, help us change the world in a very, very exciting way, unquote. is that still your view of the value of this legislation and do you believe that congress should enact on its own without other justice reform issues. >> i do believe that rapid dna will help the american people so if a plaintiff somewhere in the united states has in his or her custody someone who is a rapist before letting them go on some lesser offense they'll be able to quickly check a dna databas...

This committee in december 2015 and i asked you then about this legislation. you said it would, help, quote us change the world in a very, very exciting way. end quote. is that still your view of the value of this legislation, and do you believe that congress should enact it on its own without getting tangled up in other criminal justice reform issues? >> i agree, senator hatch. the rapid dna will advance the safety of the united states. so if a police officer somewhere in the united states has in his or her custody someone who is a rapist, before letting them go on a lesser offense, they'll b...

All. they're very ambiguous and may or may not have value as evidence in terms of figuring out who killed that little girl. >> are the experts optimistic this modern technology is going to be able to help them considerably? >> what they believe is the modern technology that could be used could separate out the male dna because the dna on these clothing garments is a mixture of at least three people's genetic material. if they could separate out the male dna and look at that carefully, they could determine whether there's dna from more than one male there or a single male. there's been a profil...