RFRA bars drawing blood for DNA database

[Steven Jamar]

tats require needles sticking the skin and, I'm told, sometimes draw  
blood.

On Dec 19, 2007, at 1:58 PM, Vance R. Koven wrote:

> I'm fascinated by the following statement in the court's opinion:
>
> We have reservations as to whether his beliefs are
> sincerely held, and the district court didn't make any findings
> on this issue. The government argues that Zimmerman's
> beliefs aren't sincere because of his previous drug use and tattoos,
> but it is possible that his beliefs have changed over time.
>
> Whatever might those tattoos have indicated?
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> On Dec 19, 2007 9:39 AM, Joel Sogol <jlsatty at wwisp.com> wrote:
> Here's a new twist on the subject:
>
> Ninth Circuit reinstates federal criminal defendant's challenge  
> under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to having to provide a  
> blood sample for the federal DNA database: You can access today's  
> per curiam decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth  
> Circuit at this link. Unfortunately for the defendant, there are  
> many ways to harvest his DNA, and it is unlikely that his religion  
> proscribes them all.
> Posted at 01:11 PM by Howard Bashman
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> Joel L. Sogol
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> Ben Franklin observed that truth wins a fair fight - which is why  
> we have evidence rules in U.S. courts.
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