Requiring a prisoner to give a DNA sample during the intake process at a state prison violates the prisoner's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination if the government plans to use the DNA sample to cross check with other samples from

unsolved sex crime cases.


Indicate whether the statement is true or false


FALSE

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