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RE: California Supreme Court Upholds Law Mandating Arrestee DNA Collection
- a DNA sample is no different from a fingerprint.
- the government’s interest in “identifying” an arrestee outweighs the arrestee’s right to privacy.
These are well established legal principles, until and unless the state does anything with the DNA samples but use them exactly as they use fingerprints now it's not a legal problem. Reading the dissenters is laughable, they claimed this was a racist policy because so many black people get arrested! Then they followed up with a slippery slope fallacy, despite the fact that they don't collect everyone's fingerprints. If you don't want to be in the system, don't get arrested.
"If you don't want to be in the system, don't get arrested."
really? Do you really believe all the arrests made by police are just?
First of all, You didn't read the article correctly. It says all people arrested suspected of a felony. That means innocent people who are later found not guilty will have their DNA collected.
Also, I am the author of this article and I was convicted of a felony in 2005 for possession of drugs. I harmed no one. Yet you believe I should my rights violated and my DNA taken? Is that really what you are saying?
I am sure I didn't say they were all just, however even the unjust ones are often avoidable and the just ones always are right?
"First of all, You didn't read the article correctly. It says all people arrested suspected of a felony. That means innocent people who are later found not guilty will have their DNA collected."
Uh huh, where did I say differently?
"Yet you believe I should my rights violated and my DNA taken? Is that really what you are saying?"
I am sure I never ever said your rights should be violated.
Which of your rights was violated exactly?
How are you having your rights violated by being identified? Were your rights violated when they took your fingerprints?
What drugs were you convicted of selling?
Congratulations on authoring this article, I enjoyed reading it.