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Originally Posted by Danzig
http://news.yahoo.com/court-police-d...ccmt-container
scotus ruled 5-4 that states and the fed can collect dna at arrest, not conviction, and overturns a lower court ruling in maryland.
i've read this article, and went to scotus blog, but i need to read more. but at present, i have to say i'm not happy with the ruling at all.
and as a yahoo commenter said, if you're arrested, but not convicted-what happens to your dna? is it retained, and for how long? what about search and seizure and probable cause for searches?
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I don't like it, either.
What's really weird is how the voting line broke. The 4 dissenting votes were Ginsberg, Sotomayor, Kagan... and Scalia. I wonder if it made Sonia's and Fat Tony's heads explode to find themselves on the same side of an issue.