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Taking DNA Samples from CT Sex Offenders Upheld

Plaintiffs challenged a Connecticut statute that required all convicted sex offenders incarcerated on its effective date to submit blood samples for analysis and inclusion in a DNA bank.

Taking a blood sample is a search under the Fourth Amendment. However, in some circumstances, "generally outside the traditional law enforcement setting," ...

 

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