The constitutionality of DNA sampling on arrest.

From: Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy | Date: June 22, 2001| Author: Kaye, D.H. | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

Every state now collects DNA from people convicted of certain offenses. (1) Law enforcement authorities promote offender DNA databanking on the theory that it will clear previously unsolved crimes and identify offenders who commit additional crimes while on probation or parole, or after they have finished serving their sentences. Even relatively small databases have yielded such dividends. (2) As these database searches uncover the perpetrators of rapes, mur...

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