Pollice are permitted to take DNA samples from individuals arrested for felonies and other serious crimes, the Supreme Court ruled today. DNA cheek swabs may be collected regardless of whether that person is ultimately charged or convicted of the corresponding crime, justices decided in a 5-4 ruling. "When officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold for a serious offense and they bring the suspect to the station to be detained in custody, taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee’s DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment," Justice Anthony Kennedy said in the court’s majority opinion.
At issue was whether performing DNA...
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