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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by dimino on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:41PM (#9786821)
Shouldn't the company (Atlas) have just left it up to the police? That is, filed a police report and let the cops investigate the poo?
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by mercurial on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:48PM (#9786873)
"I'll put my best people on it right away".
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by gooseus on Friday June 26, 2015 @04:26PM (#9787513)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9CynvMlFyo

I couldn't resist

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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by raverbashing on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:50PM (#9786901)
Or, you know, security cameras
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by cjensen on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:51PM (#9786904)
What law was violated?

You can be fired for doing something that does not break a law. Police are restricted to investigating cases where a law is broken.

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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by AaronFriel on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:54PM (#9786935)
I'm not a lawyer, but a few come to mind. Vandalism, destruction of property? Employees don't have free reign to... ahem, defecate where they please at work just by virtue of being an employee.
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by mtrpcic on Friday June 26, 2015 @03:30PM (#9787180)
It would almost certainly constitute Indecent Exposure, and possible Sexual Assault depending on who witnessed and various pieces of context.
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by tzs on Friday June 26, 2015 @08:06PM (#9788453)
If someone had peered upon the person pooping, the proprietor would presumably not have proceeded to procure the DNA to try to pinpoint the perpetrator. They could have prevailed upon the peeper to peg the punk.
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by tomcam on Friday June 26, 2015 @09:59PM (#9788764)
Please post penuriously.
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by dimino on Friday June 26, 2015 @04:15PM (#9787457)
A person can't just poo anywhere they please! I really hope there's a law against pooing in non-lavatorial places.
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by jamessb on Friday June 26, 2015 @04:28PM (#9787526)
In the UK, Damian Ayles was convicted for defecating on his neighbour's doorstep (as well as posting the faeces through a letterbox and smearing it on a car). He was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and pay £350 in compensation and £85 costs: http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/25/phantom-dumper-caught-pooing-o...

Apparently there was both DNA and CCTV evidence in the case.

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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by s73v3r on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:38PM (#9786802)
As the case shows, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that a company should be allowed to compel an employee to surrender their genetic material.
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by krallja on Friday June 26, 2015 @05:35PM (#9787889)
From the article:

"The law does include limited exemptions, however. Forensic laboratories can ask workers for their DNA to check that employees' genetic material does not contaminate the genetic samples that they analyse."

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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by meatysnapper on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:50PM (#9786893)
Sounds like the mysterious case of the "Twitter Shitter".

There were a series of serial shower poopings that happened at Twitter several years ago. The perpetrator(s?) were never caught.

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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by justonepost on Friday June 26, 2015 @03:09PM (#9787042)
Watch Gattaca in case this is confusing.
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by apkostka on Friday June 26, 2015 @03:32PM (#9787199)
One of the plaintiffs is Dennis Reynolds. "The Gang Finds Poop in the Bar"
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by kweinber on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:42PM (#9786828)
I thought the article was going to be about the new Ubuntu release.... what a dissapointment!
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by JasonFruit on Friday June 26, 2015 @04:13PM (#9787446)
The judge in the case, Amy Totenberg, is the sister of the journalist Nina Totenberg, both of whom are daughters of the remarkable violinist Roman Totenberg. What an illustrious family!
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Re:'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-pri... by jessaustin on Friday June 26, 2015 @04:20PM (#9787486)
The case, nicknamed the 'mystery of the devious defecator' by US district court judge Amy Totenberg...

She must be a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys fan.

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