How Newborns' Blood May be Used in Police Investigations

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 2, 2022

Dana DiFilippo, senior reporter at The New Jersey Monitor, talks about her reporting on how New Jersey has retained and used newborn blood samples in criminal investigations, raising privacy concerns. Plus, CJ Griffin, attorney at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden and director of the firm's Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center, discusses a lawsuit filed by public defenders to find out how often blood from the mandatory screenings is used.

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