Today, Attorney General Jerry Brown presided at the grand opening of an expanded state DNA lab in Richmond. Brown said the $10 million lab expansion will allow the state to double its DNA database to hold the more than 2 million samples expected over the next five years. The attorney general says the lab's expansion was necessary to handle the flood of DNA samples coming in under voter-approved Proposition 69. That measure, passed four years ago, required law enforcement to collect DNA for every adult convicted of a felony. In January of next year, another provision will go into affect requiring DNA for adults arrested for certain felonies. Host: Judy Campbell Guests:
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