Implementation of dna genetic information as a means of evidence in the colombian accusatory criminal system

Abstract

this written work presents an analysis to the panorama that would generate the implementation of a database of systematized, unified and centralized dna at the service of the investigations and processes that will be carried out within the colombian accusatory criminal system. for this, the following three purposes are consolidated: first, the one referring to the scientific methods and techniques that allow the identification of people through the extraction and examination of dna that would facilitate the elaboration of a dna database at the service of the criminal jurisdiction. second, to identify the scenarios of confrontation of the fundamental rights of colombian citizens with the implementation of a state database that allows the collection of the dna of all the inhabitants of the colombian territory, and, the third purpose is to determine the expectations in cost and benefit in the implementation of the dna database for the administration of colombian justice, especially for the accusatory criminal system. the information was collected through analysis and synthesis methodology, obtaining as a result that the implementation of a public database of dna data may be one of the answers to the problem of judicial congestion in criminal proceedings, where it is indispensable the use of the dna technique and, therefore, would mean a lower degree of impunity and greater effectiveness of criminal justice.