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| Iowa to expand DNA collection from criminals |
| By qctimes.com- James Q. Lynch |
| Published: 06/30/2014 |
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa law enforcement is about to get what Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek calls a “valuable and important tool” that will help close “very important cases.” However, a civil liberties advocate calls the collection of DNA from people who commit relatively low-level crimes “invasive, expensive and unnecessary … (and) diverts time and money away from more serious cases.” The July 1 implementation of House File 527 that calls for collecting DNA samples from people convicted of aggravated misdemeanors has reignited a debate over the balance between community safety and constitutional freedoms. Opponents to the bill included some of the Legislature’s most liberal and conservative members. Read More. |
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