At least one error led to a wrongful arrest, according to a Freedom of Information Law request, underscoring the need for better oversight of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, advocates say.
An enormous database of DNA samples could pave the way for increasingly exclusionary anti-immigrant policies
Advocates say the removals are more evidence of a troubling and unregulated law enforcement tool, overseen by the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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The decision also held that the city’s routine storage of DNA profiles from nonconvicted people in a permanent database violates state law.