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New US Supreme Court Decision Gives States the Green Light to Take DNA Samples Upon Arrest
Posted on June 12th, 2013 by Joe Pioletti
In a recent decision, a divided US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold a Maryland law allowing authorities to take DNA samples from people who have been arrested. In doing so the justices rejected the claim that taking a mouth swab from a suspect’s mouth constituted an “unreasonable search” under the 4th amendment of the […]