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Driving Through Arkansas? Have Your Dna Sample Ready, Brian Gallini
Driving Through Arkansas? Have Your Dna Sample Ready, Brian Gallini
Brian Gallini
No Arkansas appellate court has examined the constitutionality of the recently enacted House Bill 1473 – better known as “Juli’s Law” – which allows officers to take DNA samples from suspects arrested for capital murder, murder in the first degree, kidnapping, sexual assault in the first degree, and sexual assault in the second degree. This brief essay contends that Juli’s Law violates the Fourth Amendment of the federal constitution.