In Maryland v. King, SCOTUS Examines Constitutionality of Law Enforcement DNA Profiling
BY LINDSEY MAULTASCH — On April 10, 2009, Alonzo Jay King, Jr. was arrested in Maryland on first- and second-degree assault charges. Pursuant to the Maryland DNA Collection Act, a swab was used to take a sample of King’s DNA. On July 13, 2009, King’s DNA profile was uploaded to the Maryland DNA database. Shortly […]