Supreme Court OKs DNA Swab of People under Arrest, USA Today, June - TopicsExpress



          

Supreme Court OKs DNA Swab of People under Arrest, USA Today, June 3, 2013 In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can collect DNA from people arrested but not yet convicted of serious crimes, as more than one-half the the states already do to help solve crimes. Mai Fernandez, executive director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, called the use of DNA "the gold standard for helping to solve cold cases." But he said the 5-4 ruling reflects a "split in society' about the use of such a tool and whether it constitutes an improper intrusion.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:37:34 +0000

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