Criminal
Dec. 11, 2013
After high court ruling, 9th Circuit reconsiders arrestee DNA collection
The case challenges a California state law, which allows authorities to obtain, store and analyze the DNA of anyone arrested for a felony, whether or not the individual is ultimately charged with a crime.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments en banc Monday in a case challenging California's DNA collection law, which allows law enforcement to obtain, store and analyze the DNA of anyone arrested for a felony, whether or not they are ultimately charged with a crime.
Voters approved of the law in 2004 as Proposition 69, but civil liberties advocates such as the ACLU of Northern C...
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