kids can consent?

[serpicostraight]

Cops Take School Kids' DNA in Murder Case | ABC News - Yahoo! News i thought a juvenile had to have a parents consent for stuff like this.

 

[Carmelbythecorn]

Ramos cautioned that the collection did not necessarily mean authorities had a DNA profile of the suspect.

Many on this site will say "ho-hum" but I believe this is tyranny in the face of safety...again...SO....why was the DNA of students collected? If they don't "necessarily" have the DNA profile of the suspect(s)?

 

[actaeon277]

Nothing in the law to stop them???
4th amend maybe?
I'd be upset as hell.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

"I think the answer is, kids can consent, and if they consented and it was knowing and intelligent, [law enforcement] can do the search," he told the Sacramento Bee.

How can a 13 year old know all the implications of a consent? Most adults don't even know...I consider my self to be of average education and knowledge and I would be reluctant to consent tp an interview in a murder investigation.

What else can minors consent to besides murder investigations, birth control, and abortions in California?

 

[actaeon277]

A 13 yr old may not enter into a written or verbal contract.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

And, if any of THIS DNA is EVER used to link ANY of these kids to ANY crime...

Then any defense attorney worth the moniker will have an almost slam-dunk argument to get that particular evidence thrown out.

In fact, the ACLU should be on this case like white on rice.

ACLU - despite their Communist origins - they're not all bad.

 

[canav844]

Fruit of the poisonous tree.....

 

[jgreiner]

Cops Take School Kids' DNA in Murder Case | ABC News - Yahoo! News i thought a juvenile had to have a parents consent for stuff like this.

there goes another constitutional right.

 

[TaunTaun]

"They're aren't interrogations, they're interviews."

So that makes it all better then...

We won't call them illegal searches anymore, we'll call them Searches for Officer Safety.

We won't call it Breaking and Entering, we'll call it "Oops, address on warrant was wrong."

Between black boxes in cars, regulating snow flakes on mountain tops, and making it so that those illegal high capacity magazines are off the streets, the USA is certainly going to hell in a handbasket.


I think the guy from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Robin Leach) has it right the other night.

"What is level the playing field? It's a colloquial, warm, fuzzy expression that means I am a socialist."

 

[Stschil]

They HAD to do it without a parent or lawyer present, his DNA might have left his body. Beside, a lawyer would have just told the kid to keep his mouth shut.

Think of all the "other" children, for goodness sake!!!

 

[IndyDave1776]

How can a 13 year old know all the implications of a consent? Most adults don't even know...I consider my self to be of average education and knowledge and I would be reluctant to consent tp an interview in a murder investigation.

What else can minors consent to besides murder investigations, birth control, and abortions in California?

This is all true. Further how many 13 year old kids, even if they have an idea of the implications, which they probably don't, are going to have the fortitude to tell a cop to go pound sand? In most all cases, the intimidation is complete before the first word is spoken.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

This is all true. Further how many 13 year old kids, even if they have an idea of the implications, which they probably don't, are going to have the fortitude to tell a cop to go pound sand? In most all cases, the intimidation is complete before the first word is spoken.

Not many adults will do it either.

 

[John Galt]

I would be banned if I spoke my mind on this topic
I truly am concerned for America ....

 

[rw496]

Serpico finally posted something I agree with. I can't see how this is legal, but it is California.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Serpico finally posted something I agree with. I can't see how this is legal, but it is California.

Good point. For some reason, I wasn't clearly thinking of this in the context of happening in the PRCalifornia.

 

[$mooth]

Time to release everyone in Cali who was convicted of statutory rape where the minor consented. Obviously a child can consent and therefore it wasn't rape. (I'm not sure where the purple goes anymore)