RFRA bars drawing blood for DNA database

[Vance R. Koven]

Quite so. Drawing blood wouldn't necessarily be strictly voluntary for that,
though.

I thought perhaps he'd tattooed the URL for the American Atheist Society or
suchlike. Or maybe a heart with "Christopher Hitchens" in it.


On Dec 19, 2007 2:04 PM, Steven Jamar <stevenjamar at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>
> 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<http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/>at this
> > link<http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/230D5EB769385190882573B4008102F2/$file/0650506.pdf?openelement>.
> > 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 <http://howappealing.law.com/121807.html#030752>by Howard
> > Bashman <appellateblog at hotmail.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > Joel L. Sogol
> >
> > 811 21st Ave.
> >
> > Tuscaloosa, ALabama  35401
> >
> > ph (205) 345-0966
> >
> > fx (205) 345-0971
> >
> > email:  jlsatty at wwisp.com
> >
> >
> > Ben Franklin observed that truth wins a fair fight - which is why we
> > have evidence rules in U.S. courts.
> >
> >
> >
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