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The good of society needs to be considered. Rape is a far more serious crime than burglary. Deliberately using someone’s rape to collect DNA so they can be lat
by kayodelycaon 4y ago
The good of society needs to be considered. Rape is a far more serious crime than burglary.
Deliberately using someone’s rape to collect DNA so they can be later prosecuted for minor crimes is absolutely unconscionable in my opinion.
- hajile 4y agoIf she had raped or murdered someone, would looking at her DNA then be justified?
- gremlinsinc 4y agoOnly if ascertained as a criminal in the justice system. In America we are innocent until proven guilty, which means unless we've been prosecuted for another crime, our DNA should be completely inaccessible in a court of law. DNA should be scrubbed from govt records if it doesn't belong to someone with a felony. Even misdemeanors I'd say shouldn't qualify people for a permanent DNA record on file.
- altruios 4y agoHard line on privacy, so no. It is (almost) never correct to violate someone's privacy. Privacy is paramount. there are exceptions to (almost*) every rule...
- orthecreedence 4y agoNo. You could use that as justification for anything. At that point, we could just throw due process in the trash and have government thugs going around collecting blood samples from people or doing random house searches because "we might catch a murderer." How far do you go? I'd argue that matching DNA from a rape victim to charge that person with a crime is a violation of due process. The expectation with a rape kit is to find the DNA of the rapist. That expectation and trust was violated. Collect the rapist's DNA and throw the rest in the trash.