Tag Archives: genomic law

DNA is not “the 21st century fingerprint”

SCOTUSblog has a great recap of oral arguments this week at the Supreme Court in the case of Maryland v King (docket 12-207). At issue is whether or not the state, in this case the Maryland police, have the right … Continue reading

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ENCODE, CODIS and genomic law

Jennifer Wagner (@DNAlawyer) has a great post up on the potential legal implications of the recent ENCODE project publications. As a little background, the ENCODE project generated tremendous headlines by suggesting that a much larger portion of the genome is … Continue reading

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