Nearly 1,800 DNA cases had been piling up at the Wisconsin State Crime Lab, for years. But, the accumulation has been eliminated, according to State Attorney General, J. B. Van Hollen.

In a letter to the Governor and state lawmakers, the Attorney General announced the elimination of the DNA case backlog. The analysts are working on current cases, for the first time.

From 2003-2006, the requests for DNA processing at the lab increased 86%. The state Crime Lab had more than 1,700 unprocessed DNA cases, by 2007.

Milwaukee County's District Attorney, John Chisholm shared that more cold cases are being solved. He said, “Other crimes, that are equally important, but have sometimes just as a matter of triage had to be put on the back burner while we dealt with the more serious cases”.

UWM Criminal Justice Professor, Stan Stojkovic cautioned that even if the case load is cleared, it doesn’t mean that crime will plunge. He emphasized that public shouldn't puzzle analyzing evidence with solving crime.

If one wants to calculate the success of eliminating the backlog, it will be measured in the arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of people linked to the DNA, which was found at the crime scenes, which has now been evaluated, according to Stojkovic.