Comments on: The DNA Revolution http://www.briancuban.com/the-dna-revolution/ Brian Cuban's version of TRUTH, JUSTICE and the UN-AMERICAN WAY Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: muay thai gloves http://www.briancuban.com/the-dna-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-5155 muay thai gloves Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:38:45 +0000 http://www.briancuban.com/?p=517#comment-5155 Great stuff. Nice to read some well written posts. A long way between them. Great stuff. Nice to read some well written posts. A long way between them.

]]> By: Deadly Furby http://www.briancuban.com/the-dna-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-2782 Deadly Furby Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:48:35 +0000 http://www.briancuban.com/?p=517#comment-2782 “Many states and the federal government are calling for legislation authorizing law enforcement to collect DNA from for certain crime suspects when they are booked rather than waiting until after they are convicted of a felony.” - Brian "It seems to me to be a reasonable argument that taking a sample at booking is, in essence, requiring a person to give testimony against themselves. A specific court order might be a better idea." - RHM Why not look at this procedure the same way we look at fingerprinting? After all, aren't they both simply a way to identify a specific individual? If a person is arrested and forced to submit to fingerprinting why can't a person be forced to submit to DNA sampling under the same laws? Either way is simply a method of identifying a unique individual. If we haven't outlawed fingerprinting, how can we be expected to outlaw DNA sampling? “Many states and the federal government are calling for legislation authorizing law enforcement to collect DNA from for certain crime suspects when they are booked rather than waiting until after they are convicted of a felony.” – Brian

“It seems to me to be a reasonable argument that taking a sample at booking
is, in essence, requiring a person to give testimony against themselves.
A specific court order might be a better idea.” – RHM

Why not look at this procedure the same way we look at fingerprinting? After all, aren’t they both simply a way to identify a specific individual? If a person is arrested and forced to submit to fingerprinting why can’t a person be forced to submit to DNA sampling under the same laws? Either way is simply a method of identifying a unique individual. If we haven’t outlawed fingerprinting, how can we be expected to outlaw DNA sampling?

]]> By: Alex Steed http://www.briancuban.com/the-dna-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-2770 Alex Steed Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:20:15 +0000 http://www.briancuban.com/?p=517#comment-2770 You would very likely enjoy the book "Surviving Justice," which is a collaboration between McSweeney's and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. It is sort of a narrative history of wrongfully convicted guys told from their point of view. It can be found here: http://www.voiceofwitness.com/abouted.html You would very likely enjoy the book “Surviving Justice,” which is a collaboration between McSweeney’s and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. It is sort of a narrative history of wrongfully convicted guys told from their point of view. It can be found here:

http://www.voiceofwitness.com/abouted.html

]]> By: RHM http://www.briancuban.com/the-dna-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-2765 RHM Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:18:09 +0000 http://www.briancuban.com/?p=517#comment-2765 "Many states and the federal government are calling for legislation authorizing law enforcement to collect DNA from for certain crime suspects when they are booked rather than waiting until after they are convicted of a felony." - Brian It seems to me to be a reasonable argument that taking a sample at booking is, in essence, requiring a person to give testimony against themselves. A specific court order might be a better idea. Just a thought. I'm not a lawyer (Thank God). RHM “Many states and the federal government are calling for legislation authorizing law enforcement to collect DNA from for certain crime suspects when they are booked rather than waiting until after they are convicted of a felony.” – Brian

It seems to me to be a reasonable argument that taking a sample at booking is, in essence, requiring a person to give testimony against themselves. A specific court order might be a better idea.

Just a thought. I’m not a lawyer (Thank God).

RHM

]]> By: adam http://www.briancuban.com/the-dna-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-2760 adam Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:49:37 +0000 http://www.briancuban.com/?p=517#comment-2760 Police in Britain is achieving truly incredible results with DNA fingerprinting, considering investigating crimes and even old unsolved murder cases. I think, that they have already stored 4.5 million DNA profiles in their data base. adams last blog post..<a href="http://macbookismydream.blogspot.com/2008/07/adam-eve-and-applemacbook.html" rel="nofollow">Adam, Eve and the AppleMacBook</a> Police in Britain is achieving truly incredible results with DNA fingerprinting, considering investigating crimes and even old unsolved murder cases. I think, that they have already stored 4.5 million DNA profiles in their data base.

adams last blog post..Adam, Eve and the AppleMacBook

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