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Clearing the desk: Rounding up Texas justice stories

Here are a few items about which I apparently won't get around to writing full blog posts this week, despite my best intentions, but which may interest Grits readers heading into the weekend:DNA database for infants as well as crooks?The state appears to be backtracking now, but a lot more babies than crooks have had their DNA compiled in state databases over the last few years, reports the Texas Tribune.Clean car, following the law = 'reasonable suspicion'? Not.Liberty and Justice for Y'all assures us that, at least in the jurisdiction of Texas 7th Court of Appeals, "It is not a crime in this State to drive a clean car, look away from passing police officers, drive a vehicle of one's choice, obey traffic warnings, and abide by posted speed limits...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).