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But in order to match crimes up with criminals based on trace amounts of DNA, it also requires expanding and centralizing local, state, and national DNA databases used by law enforcement.
Last June, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that it was constitutional to take DNA swabs from people who have been arrested for “serious crimes” without getting a warrant or waiting for a conviction. These DNA samples can be added to a database and can be used to...