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DNA Evidence
If you get arrested for a felony crime here in California, the police can take a sample of your DNA. If you’re found to be innocent, though - and you aren’t convicted of the crime - the police will still hang onto your DNA profile. Privacy advocates hate this practice, and the ACLU challenged it in court.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIf you get arrested for a felony crime here in California, the police can take a sample of your DNA. If you’re found to be innocent, though - and you aren’t convicted of the crime - the police will still hang onto your DNA profile. Privacy advocates hate this practice, and the ACLU challenged it in court. Yesterday, a federal court upheld it, and said California authorities can continue taking and storing suspects’ DNA.
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The full episode
2 of 5Anita Hill, DNA Ruling and Twitter & Turkey- 0:00Twitter, Turkey and Activism
- 9:07DNA EvidenceYou’re reading this
- 16:35Books on Film
- 26:19Anita Hill
- 42:15Sunscreen Envy