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Allan Pursnell, a spokesman for Ieyoub, says the attorney general57;s office was not involved in the serial killer task force and had nothing to do with the DNA dragnet . But Pursnell is quick to point out that it was an investigator for the attorney general57;s office who is credited with solving the serial killer case by requesting a DNA sample in another investigation (www.abajournal.com....a_dragnet/)
The largest known DNA dragnet to date took place in Germany in 1998. More than 16,000 people were tested before police matched a local mechanic to the rape and murder of an 11-year-old gir (www.abajournal.com....a_dragnet/)
But at the same time, Bush and McConnell, along with others in the Administration, have repeatedly described the programs as targeted and not a dragnet . (blog.wired.com....-no-b.html)
Critics say the Louisiana investigation highlights problems associated with DNA40;dragnet s, in which police collect samples on a large scale from individuals who are not suspects, but merely live or work near the crime scene . These samples are used to create DNA profiles that are compared to the profile of the perpetrator. Even if the guilty party does not submit a sample, the dragnet may help police by narrowing the number of possible suspect (www.abajournal.com....a_dragnet/)
60;In short, it will determine the legitimacy of DNA dragnet s,61; he says. 60;Can the police obtain samples from anyone remotely suspected of being involved in a crime, without any rules or regulations governing the process?61 (www.abajournal.com....a_dragnet/)
In 1994, police in Ann Arbor, Mich., obtained blood samples from 160 African-American men in the hunt for a serial rapist and murderer. That dragnet also failed to produce a suspect , but police eventually caught the rapist after he attacked another woman . After being cleared, one of the men who gave blood persuaded a trial judge to order the return of his DNA sample and profile. The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed the police appeal on procedural grounds, and the state supreme court refused to hear the case. Shelton v. Ann Arbor Police Department, No. 107576 (1997) (www.abajournal.com....a_dragnet/)
lets not forget what is being done by these spying programs: namely filtering of data sets to create specific sub sets. filtering of all e-mail to create sub-sets of terrorist e-mail. this methodology violates the constitution. period. it is a stupid, lazy, legally outdated dragnet which happens to use the highest technology, one which holds all under suspicion , completely disregarding the fundamental legal protection of probable cause. (blog.wired.com....-no-b.html)
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