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In order to make change, we must come together! We need your voice, your support and only a few short minutes of your time. You can easily contact your State Legislators here.

Simply enter your zip code in the box on the right of this page where it says “Find Your Officials”, to identify your State Legislators.

Please feel free to use the following text when communicating with your State Legislators:

SUBJECT: PASS DNA ARRESTEE TESTING LEGISLATION

Please do not wait another year to pass a law to require DNA to be taken at the same time as fingerprints for felony arrests! People in police custody have no right to conceal their identity, and we have every right to know if they have been involved in other crimes.

We have a right to be safe on our own streets. Every year we wait to pass this law, we expose everyone in our communities to the possibility that a serial criminal will be unwittingly released by police and allowed to commit more crimes.

We cannot blame law enforcement if their hands are tied by laws that do more to protect criminals, than they do to protect the rest of the public. Please do not let another person be needlessly victimized by our failure to treat DNA like a fingerprint.

Federal laws already require that states must provide a manner of expungement for a person who is arrested but not convicted of a crime.

This is a fair balance that protects both the public and the rights of the accused. Please pass DNA Arrestee laws now! More information on DNA Arrestee Testing Legislation can be found at www.dnasaves.org

Sincerely,

Name

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