ALBANY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday urged the Legislature to enact an all-crimes DNA bill that would require everyone convicted of a penal law offense to submit a genetic fingerprint.
The proposal—the elusive goal of several of Mr. Cuomo’s predecessors—was the only criminal justice initiative in the governor’s State of the State address, an annual blueprint of legislative priorities. Whether Mr. Cuomo can get passage of the measure remains to be seen, but his mention of it in the address is likely an indication of his commitment to the issue.
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