Class Action Suit Filed to Get DNA Back

The Advocate reports that a class action suit has been filed against the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department, the Louisiana State Police and the State Attorney General seeking the return of DNA samples collected during the hunt for the south Louisana serial killer. The named plaintiff, Floyd Wagster, is also seeking punitive damages related to the coercion that accompanied the giving of his DNA. "Assisting in the case is Barry Scheck, a law professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York noted for his landmark litigation on DNA technology."

Posted by AJR at August 1, 2003 08:18 AM