On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will try to balance the rights of Americans who have not been convicted of a major crime to keep their DNA out of the government's hands against the government's interest in closing cold cases and the rights of crime victims to finally see justice done.

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Police hope the collection of thousands of new samples could help to solve so-called cold-cases, where a new sample is linked to a past crime.

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"There are multiple jurisdictions and unless it's an ongoing crime that uses the same path all the time, the trail goes cold quickly, " Spafford said.

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Giuliani has always enjoyed playing the crime-fighting superhero, but he has, famously, been a cold and merciless crusader--a bane to squeegee pests, jaywalkers, homeless people, welfare moms, police-shooting victims and city-council Democrats.

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