Professor Joh Cited in Amicus Brief in DNA Collection Case
An article by Professor Elizabeth Joh is cited in the American Civil Liberties Union's amicus brief in the case People v. Buza. The California Court of Appeal heard the case on July 15. A decision is expected within the next 90 days.
The ACLU is fighting against a provision of a 2004 California initiative (Prop. 69) that requires every person arrested of a felony to provide a DNA sample that will be stored in a criminal database accessible to law enforcement. The ACLU's amicus brief cites Professor Joh's article "Maryland v. King: Policing and Genetic Privacy," which was published in Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law in 2013.
Professor Elizabeth Joh's scholarship focuses on criminal procedure and policing, with a special emphasis on DNA evidence, undercover policing, and new surveillance technologies.