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DNA testing of federal arrestees started Jan. 9th; DNA is taken on fingerprinting

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In a little noticed move, the federal government started taking DNA samples from arrestees and immigration detainees without regard to conviction. See the Chicago Tribune. Few other papers mentioned it. The proposed regulation is here posted April 18, 2008. The summary states: SUMMARY: The Department of Justice is publishing this proposed rule to implement amendments made by section 1004 of the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 and section 155 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to section 3 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000. This rule directs agencies of the United States that arrest or detain individuals, or that supervise individuals facing charges, to collect DNA samples from individuals who are arrested, facing charges, or convicted, and from non-United States persons who are detained under the authority of the United States...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).