Familial DNA search
The Grim Sleeper's son was arrested on a felony weapons charge, his DNA was obtained...apparently through a slice of pizza (probably all Law & Order style where they offered him something to eat and then sent the chewed on bits off to a lab) they took his DNA and ran it through there DNA database and it came up with a match...the match was to the victims of the Grim Sleeper...now the Grim Sleeper's son was too young to have carried out these crimes so they look to next of kin...that would be his father...father is now in custody for 10 of the 11 killings.
Now...reading this I was, first, shocked by science, I LOVE science and this is mind boggling, I can't imagine what technology will become when I'm an old fart, second, I was happy for the families of the victims, finally they could receive closure, a chance to look their loved ones killer in the face and tell them how his crime affected their lives, third, I was indifferent...
How is this constitutional? How is this moral? Can they do that?
Well obviously they can...and they did. This technology has been in use since 2008 I believe...but...but...it just didn't FEEL right to me...
Now I don't know why this affected me so deeply because I am VERY right wing when it comes to crime...do the crime? Do the time. ALL OF IT. An eye for an eye type of deal. But...it just didn't...sit right with me.
What say you blog fam?
5 comments:
Im not sure if Im following why you're feeling ambivalent about this??? Seems that the killer left his DNA on the victim and the judicial system lucked up on the killers son being a criminal. Had this been a case of collecting someones DNA without their knowledge "just in case", of course, i would agree that that's bordering invasion of privacy. Whats scary is the thought of the federal goverment collecting dna samples from everyone and keeping it in a national database :/
Well for one (based on the article) they obtained the DNA sample from a piece of pizza the kid was eating at a pizza parlor. A police officer posed as a bus boy to get it which doesn't sit well with me...but I'm just wondering is this the beginning of the end of privacy? Is there going to be a point where the police are going to be in the delivery room collecting DNA from newborns to have on file...it just didn't feel right to me
i can see why you're a little iffy on how privacy is slowly being taken away from us but that scenario is something that isn't new. Doesn't mean it's right or wrong but it isn't new. That cop posing as a bus boy is the low key version of what undercover cops do on a daily basis. They are pretending to be somebody else, hoping you incriminate yourself and then voila, he's no longer joey b; he's detective joey b. its crazy when you really sit down and think about it but at the same time you gotta do what you gotta do to get the bad guys.
I think to catch criminals they need to do what they must. If I'm not criminal I don't feel like there is anything to be worried about.
I do however have a problem with DNA tampering which happens often as well. That right there, making the DNA what you want it to be, it just all types of wrong.
i'm saying..being a serial killer ain't the kinda crime you worry about "how" they caught him. lol.
it does seem a little sneaky and against the law. but we all know cops can do whatever and are bound by law anyway. this is crying over spilled milk a little bit.
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