Supreme Court weighs DNA ‘fingerprinting’

The Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether Marylands decision to collect DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes represents an unconstitutional invasion of privacy or a crime-solving breakthrough with the potential to be the fingerprinting of the 21st century.

Either way, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said, the case is perhaps the most important criminal procedure case that this court has heard in decades.

In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington.

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Supreme Court weighs DNA ‘fingerprinting’