A law approved by California voters to collect DNA from felony arrestees was struck down by a state court of appeals on Thursday.
The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco said DNA contains "an extraordinary amount of private personal information" not available from fingerprints. Unlike fingerprints, which are primarily used to identify suspects, DNA evidence is collected in hopes of linking arrestees to other crimes, or to crimes they might commit in the future, the court said.
The federal government and about half the states have laws allowing DNA collection from some or all arrestees.
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