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Proponents of a bill to require DNA samples from anyone arrested on a felony charge say the measure would help solve and prevent crimes in New Mexico. But the top law-enforcement official in California, which recently adopted a similar law, has reservations about the idea.
A spokesman for California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Thursday that while he strongly supports collecting DNA from convicted felons, he wishes the requirement to take samples from arrestees wasn't part of the law.See the full content of this document
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California Ag Says Dna Law Too Broad
California voters overwhelmingly approved the law in 2004.
"From an administrative point of view, there's just an enormous number of samples," Lockyer spokesman Nathan Barankin said. "We have hundreds...See the full content of this document
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