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What's In A Name? A Case For Including Biometric Identifiers On Arrest Warrants, Ryan Webb
What's In A Name? A Case For Including Biometric Identifiers On Arrest Warrants, Ryan Webb
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
Too often, innocent individuals sharing the same name and physical characteristics as the subject of an arrest warrant are misidentified and mistakenly held by law enforcement. The use of biometric identifiers, commonly known as fingerprint identification numbers, would help reduce the number of false arrests because a person’s fingerprints are entirely unique to that individual. Hearkening back to 1894, the Supreme Court’s prevailing interpretation of the particularity requirement of arrest warrants mandates only that the warrant include a subject’s name or general physical description. With such a low threshold to establish a facially valid warrant, law enforcement officers are essentially …
Owning Property Without Privacy: How Lavan V. City Of Los Angeles Offers Increased Fourth Amendment Protection To Skid Row's Homeless, Benjamin G. Kassis
Owning Property Without Privacy: How Lavan V. City Of Los Angeles Offers Increased Fourth Amendment Protection To Skid Row's Homeless, Benjamin G. Kassis
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
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