The Swiss parliament will discuss new legislation to make more use of DNA traces in criminal cases. The Netherlands already has less strict rules for the use of DNA material and for DNA research amongst the population.
The rape and murder of the Dutch girl Marianne Vaatstra played a large role in the broadening of the Dutch DNA legislation. After a large DNA research in the Dutch province Friesland, the perpetrator was eventually found.
At the same time more research is done in the European Union to predict even more precise detailed characteristics from a DNA trace.
Professor Manfred Kayser explains the latest results of the EU DNA research Visage and critic Victor Toom gives his views on the new developments. A DNA specialist of the police in Friesland and the father of Marianne, Bauke Vaatstra, explain how important the new legislation was to solve the dreadful crime on Marianne Vaatstra.
For this reportage production Featurez gave advice, did the research, set-up, planning, booked a rental car, did the driving, accompanied the filming, did and translated the Vaatstra interview and organised extra video footage about the Vaatstra case.