Charged with a Crime: Fingerprints, Mugshot, and DNA?

With the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, law enforcement may now acquire a DNA sample without a warrant from those individuals charged with a serious crime.  Though the Court was sharply divided on the issue (as is typical), this particular issue created some strange bedfellows among the justices.  Regardless, the question remains whether such a decision constitutes an added layer of identification for law enforcement or an intrusion into that which makes us each unique.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/03/supreme-court-dna-samples_n_3378379.html

Many critics lament that there is nothing to stop the expansion of such a gathering program.  While such expansion remains to be seen, the fact-of-the-matter is that DNA sampling is sure to be a ubiquitous practice from this point forward.