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Court of Appeals limits DNA collection (access required)

Posted: 12:05 pm Tue, April 24, 2012
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

Maryland’s top court on Tuesday dealt a near-knockout blow to a state law that permits police to collect DNA samples from anyone arrested for a violent crime or attempting to commit one. In a 5-2 decision that reversed a cold-case rape conviction, the Court of Appeals said the 2008 Maryland DNA Collection Act passes constitutional muster ...

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