DNA samples can be taken from arrestees, says US Supreme Court
DNA samples can be taken from arrestees, says US Supreme Court Article provided by Conforti & Turner, LLP Visit us at http://www.conforti-turner.com Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court indicated a practice common among law enforcement agencies in over half the states in the country -- including California -- is legal. The high court's decision involved the issue of whether a police officer should be allowed to take a DNA sample from an individual who has been arrested, but not yet convicted of a crime. Prior to this decision, many states in the nation had already ...
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