Why not? A DNA test is much like a finger print. People arrested get finger printed...they should have their DNA tested also.
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“Why not? A DNA test is much like a finger print. People arrested get finger printed...they should have their DNA tested also.”
It feels good to support the state doesn’t it? Of course when it’s your turn they won’t have any mercy on you for supporting them. :)
My only concern would be the situation where an individual goes to trail and is found not guilty. There needs to be a means to removing the DNA results.
Could the information become useful to the government for some other reason? (I am not sure what else they can find from DNA but am suspicious of people like Rham Emmanuel having access to any information about me.)
Used to match DNA evidence collected from a rape or violent felony victim - sure. Used to identify the person who licked a stamp on an envelope containing an anonymous complaint letter - I am not so sure.
A lot more can be found out through DNA than just your identity.
If they have DNA they want to compare the suspect's against, and probable cause to believe that it is their DNA, then they can get a court order for a DNA sample.
If the prosecutor doesn't have DNA evidence from the specific crime with which they are being charged, then they don't have probable cause to take DNA. The search (in this case acquiring DNA) must be related to the evidence they have justifying that search.
I is hard for me to think of a case where a finger print wouldn't show someone's identity but DNA would. It might show that they committed a crime in a case where they they had DNA evidence, but that is searching for evidence, not simply verifying an identity.
Why not just put a chip in your head while they’re at it?