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Originally Posted by SolidSnake84
If he isn't willing to provide a DNA sample, that right there proves he is guilty. If he is innocent, then he has nothing to worry about in submitting the sample.
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Nothing in life is that simple. First if they had consensual, his DNA would be there and it wouldn't prove anything really. Second, and this may sound paranoid, but once you give your DNA it goes into a Federal DB and, well, let's be honest some people just don't trust the govt that much. Finally, it may be on the advice of counsel that he doesn't, because the counsel knows that if it matches, even in consensual, it creates a prejudice.
It's along the lines of an innocent man not wanting to testify, only because his testimony has enough flaws that a good prosecutor will make his answers him sound guilty. That might be why the Bill of Rights included the defense against self-incrimination.
But DNA is SCIENCE, right Kowalski ;-)