can a 13 year old voluntarily consent to a search by police?

do 13 year olds have the ability to understand voluntary consent to searches?

  • Yes, anyone can voluntarily consent to void their 4th Amendment

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • NO, teenagers do not have the cognizant ability to be aware of their rights.

    Votes: 5 71.4%
  • Total voters
    7
  • Poll closed .
Why not....I'm met some 13 year olds that are a hell of a lot more mature than some of our resident pinheads that claim to be married, college grads with children.....

the scary thing is...the latter can vote.
 
Voltaire said:
Interesting. I'm in agreement, but I'm curious, do you feel a 13-year-old girl should be allowed to get an abortion without parental notification?

I am pro-choice, BTW, so this isn't a trap question.
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Now watch the dance go from jitterbug to tapdance.....lol
 
Then what does everyone think about this?

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blo...rder-case-012952307--abc-news-topstories.html

Cops Take School Kids' DNA in Murder Case

Samples of DNA were collected without parental consent from students at a Sacramento, Calif., middle school in connection with the murder of an 8 th grade student who was found stabbed, strangled and beaten to death near the dugout of a local park.

The Sacramento Sheriff's Department, which has been spearheading the investigation into the murder of Jessica Funk-Haslam, 13, said parental consent was not required in the DNA collection and interview of minors, several of whom were taken out of class during the day last week at Albert Einstein Middle School.

"These are interviews, not interrogations," Sheriff's Deputy Jason Ramos told ABCNews.com. "They are all consensual. Once it's done, there is a mechanism in place for school administrators to notify parents."

Ramos said the DNA collection was done at the time of the interview so efforts didn't have to be "duplicated." Ramos cautioned that the collection did not necessarily mean authorities had a DNA profile of the suspect.

Over the past few weeks, police have sifted through a number of leads and alibis but have been unable to name a suspect in Jessica's murder.
 
i knew something was coming....

if this is legal, the law has changed since....well...anyway. i believe the sheriff is absolutely dead wrong. there was no need to obtain the DNA at that time...they only time they can even search minors is if there is an imminent threat, such as a reasonable belief the minor has a weapon and then you can only conduct a pat down. i would submit that a DNA test is more intrusive than a pat down....but that is just me.
 
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