Believe it or not, the State of New Jersey has the legal right to take biological samples of your body, often a cheek swab or a vial of blood, and store your DNA fingerprint in a state-run database, even if you aren’t convicted of a crime. Just being arrested on the suspicion of a variety of offenses, including murder, sexual assault crimes, luring or enticing children, kidnapping, manslaughter, and certain categories of aggravated assault puts you under an obligation to provide … [Read more...]

Since 1994, the State of New Jersey has collected DNA from people arrested for a variety of violent crimes, including murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault with certain conditions, kidnapping, luring or enticing a child, and a number of sexual assault offenses, or the attempt to commit these crimes. The state maintains a database of DNA samples from offenders, and those accused of these crimes are obligated to provide such a sample as a condition of their release from custody. In … [Read more...]