DNA Lab Slows Investigations
California's crime labs are facing huge delays in processing DNA samples that could help identify the guilty and free the innocent, says a state commission that is recommending emergency funding to hire more technicians.
While the sleuths on ``CSI'' and other TV crime dramas get their lab results in a matter of minutes, the Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice says in real life the process can take six months in California. BRANDON BAILEY in the San Jose Mercury News.