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Massachusetts DNA Law Invalidated

Loaded on April 15, 2002 published in Prison Legal News April, 2002, page 20
Filed under: Searches, DNA Testing/Samples, Injunctions, Seizure of Prisoner Funds. Location: Massachusetts.
In an unpublished ruling, the Superior Court of Massachusetts invalidated a state statute authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) to: define indigence for the purpose of assessing costs of collecting and processing DNA samples; and impound and seize funds from prisoner accounts without their consent for the purpose of ...

 

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