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Q1. The San Francisco police arrested a woman on a felony property charge based on evidence from her DNA. She had given the DNA sample previously, when reporting a sexual assault, and investigators had collected it to help identify her attacker.
Do you approve of the police using the DNA sample she had given when reporting her assault to charge her with the property crime?
Do you approve of the police using the DNA sample she had given when reporting her assault to charge her with the property crime?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes
47%
56%
40%
67%
46%
31%
46%
35%
50%
57%
No
40%
40%
41%
22%
37%
56%
42%
51%
38%
27%
Don't know
9%
8%
10%
9%
11%
10%
11%
8%
10%
10%
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q2. The district attorney's office dropped charges in the San Francisco case, citing a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. Were they right to drop the case?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes
56%
52%
60%
41%
47%
71%
51%
60%
57%
51%
No
28%
34%
22%
45%
37%
11%
36%
19%
27%
37%
Don't know
16%
14%
18%
14%
16%
18%
13%
21%
14%
15%
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q3. If a local law enforcement officer asks you for a DNA sample related to a violent crime about which you have no direct involvement or knowledge, would you give it? (Under the law it is your right to refuse such a request)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes, I would give it
24%
17%
31%
25%
21%
24%
22%
15%
28%
34%
No, I would not give it
65%
71%
59%
62%
74%
66%
71%
70%
62%
56%
Don't know
11%
13%
10%
13%
5%
11%
7%
15%
10%
12%
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Related Polls
Majority Report, May 2014
Which would you trust most in 5 years time to predict criminal behavior?
25% DNA testing
23% fMRI imaging
50% Don't know
Note: this question asked about the predictive power of each, not their use as evidence
Time is Money, April 2015
Which of these types of evidence used in a criminal trial do you think are at least 90% reliable? (check all that apply)
93% DNA testing
61% Non-DNA forensics (blood type, hair samples, carpet fibers etc...)
27% Confessions
23% First-hand witness statements
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