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A PROBLEM WITH DNA – If you’ve given your DNA to a genealogical site you may find yourself investigated by the police if you have even a remotely related genetic marker to a criminal suspect.

Posted bywpengine 1 June 2019

Source: Vancouver police using same DNA technique that caught suspected Golden State Killer | CBC News

Posted bywpengine1 June 2019Posted inUncategorized

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R. v. Le – The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that when police officers entered a private back yard without permission just to see what’s going on and arrest a person in that backyard for possession of firearms, cocaine and cash, that the arrest and detention was illegal and so egregious that they excluded from evidence the items seized by police. This means that you can enjoy your backyard BBQ this summer without police intervention. You might have thought that was always the case but apparently, police didn’t.
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Do you think the fact that her husband is a “high ranking” police officer affects her legal or moral culpability in any way? What if her husband was just a regular cop? Would that make a difference? Is it relevant to anything?

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