Divided appeals court upholds warrantless DNA collection in Colorado cold case, cautions of government overreach

Divided appeals court upholds warrantless DNA collection in Colorado cold case, cautions of government overreach

Colorado’s second-highest court upheld the warrantless collection of a suspect’s DNA from a discarded soda can as constitutional on Thursday, while warning about potential abuse of DNA privacy in the absence of further guardrails. By 2-1, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel concluded that neither the U.S. nor Colorado constitutions required law enforcement to obtain […]

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