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First use of DNA profiling in a criminal conviction

First use of DNA profiling in a criminal conviction
Who
Robert Melias
What
First
Where
United Kingdom
When
13 November 1987
The first person to be convicted of a crime using DNA evidence is Robert Melias (UK), who was found guilty of rape and convicted by a British court on 13 November 1987. Soon after in the USA, Tommy Lee Andrews of Florida, became the first American convicted based on DNA evidence.