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DNA Grab

Two Orange County, California, men asked a state court judge to block the county’s practice of coercing people charged with misdemeanors to give up their DNA to add to the district attorney’s private database.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Two men asked a California judge to block Orange County’s practice of coercing people charged with misdemeanors to give up their DNA for the district attorney’s private database.

Categories / Civil Rights, Criminal, Science

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