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Should a victim's DNA be used against her as evidence of another crime?

My own leanings aside, this one seems like a juicy issue with two sides.

I get privacy rights, but I also get the interests of society in convicting criminals and not allowing the law to be "abused."

My gut feeling is, we shouldn't let guilty people go free just because they may have been victims in the past, but it kind of raises the question of whether a victim of a crime should report it to an indifferent and impartial deep state that might someday later use it against her.



https://abovethelaw.com/2022/09/this-police-departments-dna-collection-was-so-unethical-new-laws-will-likely-be-made-preventing-it-from-happening-again/
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Ontheroad · M
I want to say yes, that if you have committed a crime, you should be charged even if it's a result of a crime against you. The problem with what I want to say is that this very thing could prevent a person from reporting a crime in fear they will be charged for some other crime.

So for me, it's a maybe, but for sure if so, then with restrictions as to what type of crime a person committed.