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Familial DNA leads to "Grim Sleeper" arrest
Peace for the families of the victims; uneasiness for the ACLU. Some interesting food for thought in this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/us/09sleeper.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Peace for the families of the victims; uneasiness for the ACLU. Some interesting food for thought in this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/us/09sleeper.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
LOS ANGELES — The arrest in the case of the “Grim Sleeper” — a serial killer who terrorized South Los Angeles for two decades — has put one of the hottest controversies in American law enforcement to its first major test.
Only two states, Colorado and California, have a codified policy permitting the use of so-called familial search, the use of DNA samples taken from convicted criminals to track down relatives who may themselves have committed a crime. It is a practice that district attorneys and the police say is an essential tool in catching otherwise elusive criminals, but that privacy experts criticize as a threat to civil liberties.