US Supreme Court: Police can take DNA swabs from arrestees
• APA sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA cheek swab to other common jailhouse procedures like fingerprinting. ‘‘Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, l
Seriously, why does anybody think this is a big deal? If they had matched this guy's fingerprints with an older crime, it would have been just another day shift. As long as they can only take a DNA swab in the same circumstances that they can take your fingerprints, this should have no practical effect on anybody's rights.
Scalia votes with minority and issues separate scathing opinion:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/03/supreme-court-sanctions-warrantless-dna-collection-from-arrestees/
The SC is just as nazi criminal and out of control as all the rest.
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2013/06/04/the-slippery-swab.aspx