Hatch to Tour Utah Crime Lab with Ed and Elizabeth Smart
Salt Lake City—Next Thursday Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, senior member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will tour the Utah Department of Public Safety’s State Crime Lab with Ed and Elizabeth Smart at 10 AM on Thursday July 6th. Both the tour and a brief media availability after will be open to media.
One focus of the tour will be on the use of DNA evidence to solve complex crimes. Senator Hatch has introduced legislation called the Rapid DNA Act, which will allow crime labs to rapidly process the DNA of individuals arrested for crimes. Law enforcement experts believe that this technology has the potential to revolutionize the way in which individuals arrested for crimes are enrolled in the criminal justice system by expediting the exoneration of innocent suspects and dramatically reducing the time required for suspects’ DNA to be linked to unsolved crimes.
Jay Henry, State Lab Director at the Utah Crime Lab wrote an op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune in support of Hatch’s Rapid DNA legislation.
Who:
Senator Orrin Hatch
Ed and Elizabeth Smart
What:
Tour of Utah Crime Lab, highlighting how DNA evidence helps solve crimes.
When:
Thursday July 6, 2017 at 10 AM
Where:
The Utah State Crime Lab, Salt Lake City
4451 south 2700 west, Taylorsville, Utah
