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DNA Shoot to Kill Dia D Festival
Video gravado durante a apresentao do grupo DNA no Dia D Festival, dia 08 de junho de 2013, no lanamento do DVD "Planeta dos Macacos" do grupo Delinquente...

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Published: Monday, June 17, 2013, 12:01 a.m.

The words "Antonin Scalia was right" do not flow easily for me. But the court's most uncompromising conservative, who wrote a withering dissent, was correct when he issued a dire-sounding warning from the bench: "Make no mistake about it: Because of today's decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason."

The case, involving a Maryland law that mandates DNA collection, scrambled the court's ideological seating chart. Scalia, of all people, sided with the liberals; while Justice Stephen Breyer, a liberal, joined the conservative majority.

Maryland v. King was an appropriate test case. A man named Alonzo King was arrested in 2009 on an assault charge. Police in Wicomico County took a DNA sample by swabbing the inside of his cheek -- without obtaining a search warrant -- as permitted under Maryland law. Months later, King's DNA profile was matched with evidence from a 2003 rape case. King was subsequently tried and convicted of the rape.

It's impossible not to applaud the result: A rapist who otherwise would have escaped justice was made to pay for his heinous crime. But the way this result was obtained, Scalia argued, ignores the Constitution.

The Fourth Amendment prohibits most warrantless searches without reasonable suspicion, and police had no reason to suspect that King had committed the rape -- or that he had committed any crime except the assault for which he had been arrested.

Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy accepted the state's argument that the DNA sample was actually a method of identification -- like a mug shot or a set of fingerprints -- and not an unreasonable search. With all due respect, this is a bunch of hooey. As Scalia put it, Kennedy's argument "taxes the credulity of the credulous."

Before the DNA test was even performed, police knew perfectly well who King was. They had his name, address, date of birth, height, weight, eye color, you name it. No question had been raised about his identity.

Months elapsed before King's DNA was entered into a national database. If identity were the purpose for collecting the sample, you'd think it would be compared with the DNA of people who looked like King or had a similar name. Instead, it was compared with DNA samples collected at the scenes of unsolved crimes.

In other words, the obvious purpose of collecting the DNA sample was to solve cold cases. This is an admirable goal. But there's that pesky Fourth Amendment.

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On DNA, Scalia had it exactly right

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Associated Press/June 17, 2013

Prison officials can use reasonable force to take DNA samples from convicted felons who refuse to provide them, Connecticuts second-highest court ruled Monday. State law requires all convicted felons to provide DNA samples, but it does not specifically say that officials can use force. The Appellate Court said that prohibiting the state from using reasonable force would permit a felon to avoid his or her obligation to provide a DNA sample and thus frustrate the Legislatures goal of creating a DNA databank to assist in future criminal investigations. The ruling came in the appeals of two inmates, Mark Banks and Roosevelt Drakes, who challenged the states authority to take their DNA samples by force.

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BROOKFIELD, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Fiserv, Inc. (FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Navigant Credit Union, based in Smithfield, R.I., has selected the DNA account processing platform from Open Solutions, now part of Fiserv, to better serve its 62,000 members. The $1.4 billion asset credit union cited the proven business value of DNA along with its trust in Fiserv as a technology partner as key factors driving its decision.

We value our 15-year strong relationship with Fiserv and shared commitment to serving our members with the most technologically advanced solutions available, said Gary E. Furtado, president and Chief Executive Officer, Navigant Credit Union. With DNA, Navigant gains the strategic partnership of an industry leader and a proven, modern core platform. The flexible, open architecture and single database design of DNA will enable us to roll out new products quickly and easily, improving our efficiency and enhancing the member experience.

Recognized by industry leading analysts for its best-in-class technology, user experience and breadth of functionality, DNA from Fiserv is the first open, relationship-centered core banking platform built for global collaboration. DNA is a 24/7 continuous, real-time platform that employs a relational data model designed around the person, not the transaction, so Navigant staff can securely view complete profiles of their retail and commercial customers by person, product or account.

Banks and credit unions have always been attracted to DNAs innovative approach to core account processing, but now that we have the leadership and breadth of value-added solutions offered by Fiserv, interest in DNA is accelerating, said Steve Cameron, president, Open Solutions Division, Fiserv. Navigant Credit Union joins a large community of DNA clients who are leveraging the platforms openness and flexibility to serve the needs of todays digitally connected consumer.

With the platforms .NET architecture, Navigant can easily enhance DNA with solutions from Fiserv, third-party partners and applications developed by other DNA clients. The credit union will have access to the DNAcreator development toolkit, which allows the credit unions technical staff to create and sell custom core extensions called DNAapps to other financial institutions via the DNAappstore -- the first online marketplace for core innovation and collaboration through shared custom applications.

Credit unions have always turned to Fiserv for comprehensive solutions. The addition of DNA to our portfolio demonstrates the innovation and service we are known for and why Fiserv continues to partner with more credit unions than any other provider, said Mark Sievewright, division president, Credit Union Solutions, Fiserv.

Navigant will also implement a comprehensive solution set from Fiserv, including Card Services Debit Processing, the Accel payments network for ATMs and point of sale access, Velocity for consumer, home equity and small business loan origination, WireXchange for wire transfer processing, Prologue for accounting, Nautilus for document imaging and solutions for item processing, voice response, customer relationship management and business intelligence.

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