Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Constitutional Law Blogs -> Chris King's 1st Amendment Page

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Constitutional Law

: Chris King's 1st Amendment Page

Back to the lab again: Vermont visits Unconstitutional DNA reporting policies similar to those the NH AG Kelly Ayotte espoused in New Hampshire.

By Christopher King

ADVERTISEMENTS

Remember how Kelly screwed up the DNA juvenile reporting in NH and committed Constitutional violations?

Looks like the Caledonian Record is monitoring a very similar issue in Vermont, go ahead and Take a look.

Editorial Comment: Friday, 11/21/08
Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Here's the nugget:

"The ACLU's national science adviser, Tania Simoncelli, said DNA databases were begun in the 1990s and first contained only DNA samples from violent convicts. Today, however, DNA material from six million individuals is on file in national databases and many of those individuals have never been convicted of anything.

.....One of the Bush presidency's shameful legacies will be its disregard for the Constitution and its contempt for an individual's right to a presumption of innocence.

Our rights are a scarce commodity and diminish every year. Vermonters must not allow our government to further erode our sacred freedoms."

Read the entire editorial in the comments.

Full post as published by Chris King's 1st Amendment Page on November 22, 2008 (boomark / email).