Thursday, July 03, 2008
SC GOVERNOR SANFORD VETOES DNA BILL
The Post and Courier reported:
Read the entire article at Sanford vetoes DNA measure.Gov. Mark Sanford on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have expanded the use of genetic information in criminal cases, saying collecting DNA samples when suspected felons are arrested is an invasion of privacy.
"We see this legislation as a reach past that very foundation upon which this country was founded," Sanford told legislators in his veto. He called the bill a "further encroachment on our civil liberties and privacy rights."
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