Legal Aid, NYCLU issue briefs in appeals case that NYPD’s DNA database is unconstitutional

Shakira Leslie, whose DNA was collected by NYPD from a discarded cup after her arrest and subsequent dismissal of charges, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the NYPD’s DNA database. Legal Aid and NYCLU, along with ACLU and Cato Institute, filed briefs arguing warrantless DNA collection violates state law and the Fourth Amendment, highlighting a database of over 34,000 profiles including uncharged or exonerated individuals.