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Researchers eye saliva for patient testing
No one likes to get stuck with a needle.
But it's the only way doctors can get blood to test for diabetes, anemia and numerous other health problems.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing say there is a much less invasive and...Tags: Hydrocortisone, Hospitals and Clinics, Children's Health, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Medical Research
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Maryland high court blocks request to reconsider DNA ruling
Maryland's highest court rejected a request to reconsider an April ruling that blocks state law enforcement from collecting DNA samples when a suspect is arrested, court officials said Friday.
The decision puts the case on track for an appeal to the U.S....Tags: Lawyers, Law Enforcement, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Douglas F. Gansler
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DNA testing: Rodricks' Orwellian vision of the future
Dan Rodricks, whose essays I admire, is entitled to be wrong once in awhile ("DNA: Why wait for an arrest?" May 3). His willingness to subject everyone to DNA testing for use in solving future crimes is a concept very much in tune with George Orwell's...Tags: Chemicals, Biotechnology Industry, Human Body
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Status of ongoing cases unclear in wake of DNA ruling
When a high court ruling came down this week limiting the use of DNA evidence, police in the state were investigating 20 cases based on DNA collected after they arrested suspects charged with committing a violent crime or burglary. Now, it's unclear...
Tags: Executive Branch, Assault, Baltimore County, Maryland State Police, Chemicals
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Md. authorities stop post-arrest DNA collection
Maryland authorities have stopped collecting DNA samples from suspects arrested on violent crime and burglary charges after the state's highest court ruled the crime-fighting tool that has helped solve dozens of cold cases unconstitutional. On Friday,...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Lawyers, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Law Enforcement, U.S. Supreme Court
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DNA ruling: Crime victims lose more than 'privacy'
The criminal defense lawyers make the fair and typical plea for the "right to privacy" on behalf of the violent suspects they represent, but they ignore that the victim of a crime, be it an individual, a store or whatever, has not only lost their...Tags: Chemicals, Biotechnology Industry, Human Body
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County police will suspend collecting DNA evidence in some cases
The Baltimore County Police Department announced Friday that, in the wake of a Maryland Court of Appeals opinion, it will discontinue collection of DNA samples at the time of arrest from suspects charged with certain violent crimes. But in a press...Tags: Rape, Prisons, Baltimore County, Trials, Wicomico County
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Maryland authorities have stopped collecting DNA samples from suspects arrested on violent crime and burglary charges after the state's highest court ruled the crime fighting tool that has helped solve dozens of cold cases unconstitutional. On Friday,...Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, U.S. Army, Hospitals and Clinics, College Sports, Annapolis
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Gansler pushes Supreme Court appeal on DNA ruling
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler took a first step Tuesday toward an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a high-stakes case that blocks police across the state from collecting DNA samples when a person is arrested in connection with a...Tags: Executive Branch, Lawyers, Martin O'Malley, Law Enforcement, U.S. Supreme Court
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Youths charged in killing of girl, 13, admit guilt
Two city youths charged with fatally shooting a 13-year-old girl in the chest and then hiding her body under a pile of trash in an East Baltimore alley admitted to their respective roles in the killing Tuesday afternoon in juvenile court. A 13-year-old...
Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Murder, Prosecution, Abusive Behavior
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DNA testing: Why not just trash the Fourth Amendment?
I found Dan Rodricks' commentary regarding DNA testing and the recent Maryland Court of Appeals ruling ("DNA: Why wait for an arrest?" May 3) to be quite interesting. He states at the end that he can't think of a good argument against his position that we...Tags: Ellicott City, Chemicals, Biotechnology Industry, Human Body
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DNA: Why wait for an arrest?
Swabbing the ol' buccal mucosa for the unique genetic code of someone merely arrested for a crime violates that someone's Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. That's the opinion of the Maryland Court of Appeals, and this...
Tags: Science, Lawyers, Police Investigations, The New York Times, Prosecution
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