Tag: DNA

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the collection of DNA after arrest (but without an actual conviction for any crime) does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s protection against unreasonable searches. Writing the dissenting decision, Scalia also gave an 11-minute oral statement in which he cited…

The Wisconsin Department of Justice wants to increase the number of DNA samples collected by the various law enforcement agencies through out the state. Currently only convicted felons have their DNA collected. But the expanded program would include those convicted of misdemeanors, those arrested for a felony, and those arrested…

On Wednesday, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced the backlog at the state’s DNA crime labs has been successfully addressed. In announcing the successful elimination of the backlog, Van Hollen noted the bi-partisan efforts of the State Legislature to increase funding and add vital staffing positions to the Department…

Remember when the state’s DNA backlog first came to light? At the time, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said of the situation, “This isn’t a mistake, this is an abomination. Let’s go ask the victims of unsolved sexual assaults or other crimes if they feel anybody needs to be held…

In what has to be a clear-cut instance of hell freezing over, Chris “Capper” Liebenthal and Owen “Boots and Sabers” Robinson actually agree on something, and that something is a proposal to collect DNA samples from every individual arrested in the State of Wisconsin, whether those individuals are actually convicted…