 "Daily Record (Rochester, NY)")
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Second Circuit rules felons can be forced to give DNA samples
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A New York State law requiring certain convicted felons to provide
DNA samples for a law enforcement identification database does not
violate the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit recently ruled in Nicholas v. Goord.
The plaintiffs were nine felons convicted in New York. The state
required them to provide blood samples under a state law providing
for the extraction of DNA samples from those convicted of certain
felonies, including assault, homicide and ...
