Summary
A federal statute requiring convicted felons, including those sentenced to probation, to submit DNA samples does not violate the Fourth Amendment, the 2nd Circuit has ruled.
The 2004 DNA Act requires individuals convicted of a federal felony to supply a sample of their DNA for analysis and storage in a federal database. The plaintiffs - probationers convicted of non- violent crimes - claimed that the Act was unconstitutional as it applied to them.See the full content of this document
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Dna Testing of Felons Is Constitutional, 2nd Circuit Rules
But the court held that requiring convicted felons sentenced to probation to submi...
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