Arkansas § 12-12-1102 Purpose

Arkansas Statutes

§ 12-12-1102 — Purpose

The General Assembly finds and declares that:

(1)DNA data banks are an important tool in:

(A)Criminal investigations;

(B)The exclusion of individuals who are the subjects of criminal investigations or prosecutions; and (C) Deterring and detecting recidivist acts;

(2)Several states have enacted laws requiring persons convicted of certain crimes, especially sexual offenses, to provide genetic samples for DNA profiling;

(3)Moreover, it is the policy of this state to assist federal, state, and local criminal justice and law enforcement agencies in the identification and detection of individuals in criminal investigations; and (4) It is therefore in the best interest of the State of Arkansas to establish a DNA data base and a DNA data bank containing DNA samples submitted by individuals co

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The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) DNA data banks are an important tool in: (A) Criminal investigations; (B) The exclusion of individuals who are the subjects of criminal investigations or prosecutions; and (C) Deterring and detecting recidivist acts; (2) Several states have enacted laws requiring persons convicted of certain crimes, especially sexual offenses, to provide genetic samples for DNA profiling; (3) Moreover, it is the policy of this state to assist federal, state, and local criminal justice and law enforcement agencies in the identification and detection of individuals in criminal investigations; and (4) It is therefore in the best interest of the State of Arkansas to establish a DNA data base and a DNA data bank containing DNA samples submitted by individuals convicted of sex offenses and violent offenses.

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