Paterson Wants DNA Sample for All
Penal Law Offenders in New York State
Governor David Paterson has announced that he is submitting legislation that will require everyone convicted of a penal law crime to provide a DNA sample.
He says, due to a flaw in New York’s current law, criminals who would otherwise be in jail based on a DNA match are free to commit additional crimes.
Paterson cited the case of Raymon McGill in Albany as just one example of why he’s submitting legislation. Twice, McGill was convicted of minor crimes that did not require collection of DNA. When he was finally convicted of a DNA qualifying offense, he was linked to the rape of an 85-year-old woman, the murder of a 50-year-old woman, and the murder of a 68-year-old man.
Paterson said had McGill’s DNA been collected as a result of a petit larceny conviction, his connection to the rape could have been discovered and chances are he would not have been free to commit the two murders.
http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/060110DNA.html
He says, due to a flaw in New York’s current law, criminals who would otherwise be in jail based on a DNA match are free to commit additional crimes.
Paterson cited the case of Raymon McGill in Albany as just one example of why he’s submitting legislation. Twice, McGill was convicted of minor crimes that did not require collection of DNA. When he was finally convicted of a DNA qualifying offense, he was linked to the rape of an 85-year-old woman, the murder of a 50-year-old woman, and the murder of a 68-year-old man.
Paterson said had McGill’s DNA been collected as a result of a petit larceny conviction, his connection to the rape could have been discovered and chances are he would not have been free to commit the two murders.
http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/060110DNA.html
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