This fall The Chicago Tribune has been reporting on the gross misuse of DNA as criminal evidence in Illinois. So much in this state is over the top that this particular issue has easily flown under the radar. But it’s time to pay attention when they report that the state plans to take DNA from your corpse if you’re unlucky enough to die here.

In less than three months Illinois will hold its next primary, and citizens of this state need to know that state legislators—many of whom are up for reelection—are morphing our court system into something beyond Kafka’s most surreal imaginings.

In an article titled “Another backlog on DNA evidence,” Megan Twohey cites State Rep. Dan Brady (Republican) as author of legislation that not only permits, but requires, law enforcement to collect DNA samples from all homicide victims, and "The idea was we'd eventually do this with victims of all types of death."

I’ll let you think about this for awhile.