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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by Natsu on Thursday February 19, 2015 @08:58PM (#9078487)
Under this standard, would police be allowed to explore the private (?) hair, DNA, etc. evidence left behind at crime scenes?

I don't really like the idea of tricking someone into giving a DNA sample, but I'm pretty sure it's been upheld before (they searched someone's garbage, IIRC) and this wasn't a massive dragnet, it was a trap to get DNA from one person who they must have suspected rather strongly given how they trapped them.

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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by voxic11 on Thursday February 19, 2015 @09:27PM (#9078556)
No under this standard they can collect at crime scenes so long as they have a warrant to do so. They would be prohibited only from doing searches without a valid warrant meaning the warrant must be reasonable, specific, and signed by a judge. Searching a crime scene is both reasonable and specific, and getting a warrant is easier then ever today with most states adopting electronic warrant systems.
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