Top Seven Reasons Today’s Supreme Court Decision TOTALLY SUCKS
7.
It’s official: The US Supreme Court has ruled that DNA collection can come before conviction and without a judge issuing a warrant.
6.
Collection of DNA – our most intimate genetic material - was equated with fingerprinting.
5.
It overturns last year’s ruling by Maryland’s highest court which said that
mandatory DNA collection upon arrest is unconstitutional.
4.
Maryland now joins 28 other states and DC allowing DNA collection after arrest.
3. It
was nice knowin' ya, Fourth Amendment. “The court has cast aside a bedrock rule
of our Fourth Amendment law: that the government may not search its citizens
for evidence of crime unless there is a reasonable cause to believe that such
evidence will be found,”- Justice Antonin Scalia
2.
Ughh. “Make no mistake about it: Because of today’s decision, your DNA can
be taken and entered into a national database if you are ever arrested, rightly
or wrongly, and for whatever reason.” – Justice Antonin Scalia
--by Ngani Ndimbe, Community Organizer
Labels: police practices, privacy
posted by ACLU of Pennsylvania at 6/03/2013 02:02:00 PM
3 Comments:
I don't think it's a bad thing. If you're innocent, why would you have to worry about getting your DNA tested? In some unfortunate cases, you may be wrongfully, but your DNA test can prove you innnocent without any consequence. This would only facilitate true criminal identification without costing the innocent to be convicted.
Thanks for your thoughts. We at the ACLU of PA do not think that innocent people should be forced to give up their rights.
Yea it should not matter guilty or innocent, neithers DNA should be taken. WhAt are we animals?
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