LADA Supports Collection of Felony Arrestee DNA
In August, a panel of state Court of Appeal justices ruled unconstitutional a section of the state’s DNA Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act of 1998 that mandates DNA samples be taken from felony arrestees.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office opposes this decision and has filed a letter with the California Supreme Court in support of the petition for review filed by the California Attorney General’s Office.
To read the letter, please click here.
State of California’s Public Safety Realignment Program
The State of California’s Public Safety Realignment Program for so-called “lower-level offenders” requires counties to incarcerate all convicted felons sentenced to state prison on nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex related offenses. In addition, the program approved by Gov. Jerry Brown shifts responsibility for adult parole services for nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex related offenses to individual counties. Parole services include incarceration for parole violations and parolee supervision.
- District Attorney Cooley’s letter to Los Angeles County Mayor Michael Antonovich regarding the State of California’s Public Safety Realignment Program from Aug. 30, 2011
- Excerpts of the District Attorney’s testimony on the Realignment proposal from Feb. 4, 2011
- The District Attorney’s White Paper on the Realignment proposal from February 2011