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Feds Can Collect DNA as a Condition of Bail, Ninth Circuit Decides

By Brandon Sample

Amendments to the Bail Reform Act requiring a defendant to consent to the collection of DNA before being granted bail do not offend the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided in a splintered 2-1 decision September 14, 2010.

The court held ...

 

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