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Federal Law Requiring Felons Submit DNA Sample Constitutional

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal statute, 42 U.S.C. § 14135a, that requires persons convicted of federal felonies to submit a DNA sample is constitutional. That ruling comes in the appeal of Bobbie J. Conley, who was convicted of bank fraud for "shorting" bank customers ...

 

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