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Advances in DNA Analysis - Fourth Amendment Implications Topic of White Paper From CRS
WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11339) on July 11, 2025, by legislative attorney Peter G. Berris: * * * Advances in DNA Analysis: Fourth Amendment Implications Law enforcement has used deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, as an investigative tool for decades. DNA is "the fundamental building block for an individual's entire genetic makeup" and may be "extracted from many sources, such as hair, bone, teeth, sa  more