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Assembly votes to limit DNA collection

By: Associated Press//March 21, 2014//

Assembly votes to limit DNA collection

By: Associated Press//March 21, 2014//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — DNA would be collected only from people arrested for violent felonies like rape and assault under a bill that has passed the state Assembly.

The bill passed Friday now goes back to the Senate, which must pass it April 1 or it will die.

The bill makes changes to a law set to go into effect in April 2015 which requires DNA to be collected from anyone arrested on suspicion of a felony.

The DNA collected would go straight to the state crime lab, rather than be kept by local police. The Department of Justice would not be allowed to analyze the DNA until there has been a finding of probable cause or other conditions are met.

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