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ALBANY (Jan. 10, 2023) – A bill filed in the New York Senate would prohibit the use of DNA ‘phenotyping’ in criminal prosecutions and proceedings. Sen. Michael Gianaris (D) introduced Senate Bill 226 (S226) on Jan. 4. The legislation would prohibit state...
Be warned: the DNA detectives are on the prowl. Whatever skeletons may be lurking on your family tree or in your closet, whatever crimes you may have committed, whatever associations you may have with those on the government’s most wanted lists: the police state is...
(June 28, 2021) – Bills signed into law in Maryland and Montana restrict warrantless law enforcement access to private DNA databases, preemptively taking the issue out of the purview of federal courts. In Maryland, Del. Emily Shetty (D) sponsored House Bill 240...
The government has embarked on a diabolical campaign to create a nation of suspects predicated on a massive national DNA database. And police are increasingly accessing databases from private companies – with or without a warrant or probable cause. This is a...
My heart sank when I read the news that the largest police force in the country was about to use highly questionable DNA mugshots funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. Nearly two years ago, I wrote an article describing how police departments across the country...