Constitutional rights are overrated anyway.texanjoker wrote:I find this ruling interesting. They have ruled that you can take a DNA swab while booking a prisoner. On one hand they already fingerprint a person being booked, so one could say this is another form of ID. On the other they recently ruled you cannot take a forced blood draw w/o a warrant when you arrest a DWI suspect. During the DWI arrest time is critical for a good blood sample. These two rulings seem to conflict IMO.
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Police making warrantless arrests are now justified in using another identification tool: the DNA swab.
That's according to a 5-to-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, which ruled law enforcement officers can use a buccal swab, a way of collecting DNA from the cells inside a person's cheek, as part of their standard booking procedure for inmates.
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