Slog - Comments on State's Evidence http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence My spider senses tingled a little a bit last week when I saw that the House had passed this bill to expand the DNA-collecting powers of the state. No longer are DNA collections limited to felons; if this bill is passed, the state will be able to make people surrender DNA samples for crimes like prostitution. However, when I originally reported on this bill—it's now in the Senate—I failed to highlight some other misdemeanors that give the state the right to your code. These are the ones that the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers are antsy about: animal cruelty... Copyright 2008 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:45:12 -0800 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:27:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by laterite This would make England proud.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c948511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c948511 News Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:57:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle This would make Germany proud.

The one that was around from 1933 to 1945 that is.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c948588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c948588 News Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:53:45 -0800 Comment by Gidge Under current law, when someone is convicted of a felony, they are required to be fingerprinted and to provide a DNA sample. As I said in my comment to the last post on this, Assault 4 is definitely the farest-reaching offense of this bill. It seems bizarre that people convicted of these misdemeanors would be required to provide a DNA sample, but not be fingerprinted (obviously if they're booked, they would have been printed).

]]> Gidge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c948610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c948610 News Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:14:16 -0800 Comment by Rain Monkey How many men's DNA could they collect from the mouth of one prostitute?

]]> Rain Monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c948871 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c948871 News Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:49:36 -0800 Comment by Anna Montana I can see it now. Once passed, collection would begin at "charged with a crime" - not "convicted."

]]> Anna Montana http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c949586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/states_evidence#c949586 News Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:27:43 -0800