A NEW STATE FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMISSION KICKED OFF ITS FIRST MEETING MONDAY IN HOPES OF SOLVING MORE CRIMES. 

THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE HAS REDUCED THE LONG-STANDING D-N-A BACKLOG BY 72 PERCENT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND THIS NEW GROUP WILL LOOK AT WAYS TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE PROCESS SAYS DIRECTOR BRENDAN KELLY. ADDITIONALLY,

KELLY SAYS FORENSICS IS VITAL TO ENSURING SWIFT JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS AND EXONERATING THE WRONGLY ACCUSED. I-S-P IS BUILDING A NEW FORENSICS LAB IN JOLIET AND ANOTHER NEW FACILITY WILL BE OPENING IN DECATUR.

KELLY SAYS THE COMMISSION WILL BUILD UPON THE RECENT SUCCESS OF REDUCING THE D-N-A BACKLOG BY 72 PERCENT. I-S-P HAS ALSO SET UP AN ONLINE WEBSITE TO TRACK PROCESSING TIMES AND FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF EVIDENCE RELATED TO THEIR CASE.