Ah yes. It does say arrested. My bad. Still doesn't really concern me. Groups that already feel targeted by police also tend to over-exaggerate the possibility that maybe at some point in the future someone may misuse it.
From California Prop 69 in 2004 [1]:
Upon Enactment of Measure
• Adults and juveniles convicted of any felony offense.
• Adults and juveniles convicted of any sex offense or arson offense, or an attempt to commit any such offense (not just felonies).
• Adults arrested for or charged with felony sex offenses, murder or voluntary manslaughter (or the attempt to commit such offenses).
Additionally, Starting in 2009
•Adults arrested for or charged with any felony offense.
So we have 7-8 years of them getting DNA from people arrested for felony sex offenses, murder or voluntary manslaughter and 3-4 years of them getting DNA from people arrested for any felony. That should be enough data to draw some conclusions. Anybody have any studies to show the uptick in spurious felony arrests in California since Prop 69 passed in 2004? I would also expect to see a drastic shift from that small subset of offenses after 2009 when any felony arrest qualified since it would be a lot less risky to falsely arrest people for felonies far less important than sex crimes and murder (like tampering with a mail box or something stupid like that).
From California Prop 69 in 2004 [1]:
Upon Enactment of Measure
• Adults and juveniles convicted of any felony offense.
• Adults and juveniles convicted of any sex offense or arson offense, or an attempt to commit any such offense (not just felonies).
• Adults arrested for or charged with felony sex offenses, murder or voluntary manslaughter (or the attempt to commit such offenses).
Additionally, Starting in 2009
•Adults arrested for or charged with any felony offense.
So we have 7-8 years of them getting DNA from people arrested for felony sex offenses, murder or voluntary manslaughter and 3-4 years of them getting DNA from people arrested for any felony. That should be enough data to draw some conclusions. Anybody have any studies to show the uptick in spurious felony arrests in California since Prop 69 passed in 2004? I would also expect to see a drastic shift from that small subset of offenses after 2009 when any felony arrest qualified since it would be a lot less risky to falsely arrest people for felonies far less important than sex crimes and murder (like tampering with a mail box or something stupid like that).
[1] http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2004/69_11_2004.htm