A federal appeals court decided to take another look at a California law that requires DNA samples to be taken from anyone arrested for a felony, not just after a conviction. A panel... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold — at least for a week — a ruling by Maryland’s highest court that prohibits DNA collection from suspects charged but not yet convicted in violent crime... Read more
A Virginia law, that allows police to collect your DNA if you are arrested for a violent crime, could be overturned. A Court of Appeals in Maryland has just declared a similar law unconstitu... Read more
The state has overemphasized collecting DNA samples from those arrested for crimes of violence to solve cases while not putting enough resources into gathering forensic evidence at crime sce... Read more
A new law governing the gathering and retention of data including biometric and DNA information has come into force in the UK. Under the Protection of Freedoms (PoF) Act, which received Roya... Read more
Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday blocked police in most cases from collecting DNA samples when they arrest suspects in violent crimes and burglaries, dealing a blow to one of Gov. M... Read more
A proposal to require anyone arrested for a violent crime to submit a DNA sample to authorities is winning support in the Rhode Island General Assembly. The Senate endorsed the measure Tuesd... Read more
“It is one thing to require a DNA sample from someone convicted of crime and quite another to require DNA from someone arrested for a crime. The latter, civil rights advocates argue, i... Read more