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No DNA Collection Without a Warrant
There's no way a routine traffic stop can justify the collection of my genetics.
Without a conviction, there is no way to justify the collection of genetic information from suspects.
There is no legal way to compel a citizen to testify, which this is.
Forcible seizure of DNA should cause those radical freaks training in the woods with machine guns to come down from their mountains to take back America.
I'm not sure I feel this way about a search of my property without a warrant, which may give police access to my hairbrush.
Without a conviction, there is no way to justify the collection of genetic information from suspects.
There is no legal way to compel a citizen to testify, which this is.
Forcible seizure of DNA should cause those radical freaks training in the woods with machine guns to come down from their mountains to take back America.
I'm not sure I feel this way about a search of my property without a warrant, which may give police access to my hairbrush.
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The police can obtain your DNA legally without a warrant. In fact, anyone can if they are smart enough. We shed DNA constantly - almost everywhere we go.
You have no claim on DNA you deposit in public locations or in discarded items you do not own.
August 4, 2009 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Right. But the state has no right to compel me to comply, pluck my hairs, swab my cheek or draw my blood. It's different when one is convicted and remanded to their custody.
August 7, 2009 10:49 AM | Reply | Permalink