Legal Opinion
Ewell v. Murray
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1993No. Nos. 92-6169, 93-6269PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
The Commonwealth of Virginia enacted a statute in 1990 for the establishment of a DNA data bank which provides that every inmate in the custody of its Department of Corrections “shall provide a blood sample prior to his release.” Va.Code § 19.2-310.2. Implementing the legislative directive, the Virginia Department of Corrections issued regulations, first in March 1991 and again in April 1992, which provide for punishment, by loss of good conduct credits, of an inmate *484who refuses to provide a blood sample. Four inmates, Stacy L. Ewell, Michael D. Corley, Daniel…
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