The (Lack of) Meaning of the Supreme Court's Disposition of Raynor v. State

Yesterday, Popular Science reported that a “recent refusal by the Supreme Court means that involuntary DNA collection isn't unconstitut...

Genetic Determinism and Essentialism on the Electronic Frontier

The latest bit of what, in the scientific world, is discredited genetic determinism, comes from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Th...

A Long Shot Pays Off in Long Island

A family member shouted “we love you” as police took John Bittrolff back to jail. A court in Long Island had just ordered him held without b...

MDNA

According to Wikipedia, " MDNA may refer to -Mitochondrial DNA (mDNA or mtDNA), the DNA located in organelles called mitochondria - M...

A "Ridiculous" Fourth Amendment Argument in the Grim Sleeper Case?

On January 7, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy dismissed as "specious and ridiculous" one argument from the alleg...

The Oral Argument in Maryland v. King — Part IV

The previous installment of this series described counsel’s answers to questions as to how DNA profiling is different from fingerprinting. ...