Most folks have a different idea of what forensic labs do in the testing of evidence. We think of lab coats and complex scientific tests like we see on CSI. It is not always true. if your arrested for possession for marijuana in Tennessee ,  the evidence seized may  eventually be tested by one of

How the government will implement  collecting DNA at the time of arrest remains a subject of discussion .The Urban Institute Justice Policy Center issued a final technical report on the policies , practices , and implications of collecting DNA at the time of arrest. Here are a few of their findings;

  1. Arrestee laws will increase

Oops . I made a mistake . Yesterday , I posted about the collection of DNA samples at the time of arrest . Thanks to a Nashville Night Court Commissioner who reads the blog . I was advised that Tennessee does collect DNA samples at the time of arrest in some cases. I was not