{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-23-102","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 16-23-102","heading":"Legislative declaration.","body":"(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:\n\n(a) The collection and use of DNA by law enforcement agencies is a valuable tool in preventing crime;\n\n(b) The analysis of DNA has been used numerous times in the exoneration of innocent individuals charged with or convicted of crimes; and\n\n(c) The implementation of this article will result in preventing a significant number of violent crimes in Colorado and in solving a number of unsolved crimes in Colorado.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS","Article 23 - DNA Crime Prevention and Exoneration of the Innocent Act"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-16.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"59f5e27f05d49636d867f673f5750be10677ba53b030916d75acd055ebe0af65","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-23-101","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-23-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}