Justice Dept. prepares for DNA sampling

Get arrested for a serious felony and be prepared to pose for a mug shot, have your fingerprints taken and your mouth swabbed. With the passage of Proposition 69, the state can now collect DNA samples not only from adults and minors convicted of a felony, but also from anyone arrested on a felony charge. The law took effect immediately for felons and for suspects in murder, rape, sodomy, forcible oral copulation and forcible child molestation. Other felony suspects won't be required to give DNA samples, which will be collected by swabbing the person's cheek inside their mouth, until 2009. Posted by Editor at November 8, 2004 06:40 PM