In a close decision, our State Supreme Court said that they can. Does this violate the 4th Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures? Or is this fair game? Read the story and tell me what you think.
Court upholds murder conviction based on DNA from envelope
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Alex Hunter says...
In response to the "court upholds murder conviction based on DNA from envelope" article. I have very mixed feelings about the situation described in the article. While it does seem to violate the 4th amendment, in this case, it was necessary and caught a criminal. It seems very sneaky what the police did, posing as lawyers which is against the law, but doing so lead to the inprisonment of a criminal. This murderer had been running free for almost two decades and thanks to DNA, he was caught, so I think it was a good thing officials did, even though it does seem against the 4th Amendment.
i think in this specific situation that the trickery was completely jusitified. i think that if you aren't guilty, then why would it be that huge of a deal to give a dna sample? then again it is messed up that the police can trick people into giving samples. its hard to judge whether or not this is right. because personally i wouldn't be happy if my dna was taken without my consent, but if they need contract dna to solve a murder case then i feel its alright. its a matter of opinion and judgement so its hard to say whether or not the police should penalized for their actions.
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