If You're Traveling Through South Carolina, Better Leave Your DNA Behind

Else the state might take it.

Anyone arrested and taken to jail in South Carolina would be required to open wide for a DNA sample under proposed legislation.

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[S]ponsors say the law would help get repeat offenders off the street and verify if a person is innocent.

Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell says swabbing a suspect's mouth is no more invasive than taking fingerprints.

Helping the innocent? Right. Because South Carolina laws are notoriously lenient.

More here. More on McConnell, a taxpayer-milkin', secession-lovin', Johnny Reb memorabilia sellin' nutjob, here.