Survey finds people want innocent DNA removed from police records
- From: "Dr Quite" <quite@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:59:34 +0100
Janet Street-Porter: "The national DNA database was not set up by law and no
act of Parliament authorises it. It is a complete scandal that the DNA of
the innocent is held in this way, and that the Government always falls back
on the "threat of terror" as an excuse."
The Human Genetics Commission gathered some panels together to talk about
DNA records held by police.
"...majority recommendations included:
- People who are acquitted should have their names removed from the
database.
- People providing DNA samples at police stations should have a clear
explanation of why this is being done and what it means for them.
- There should be special arrangements for situations where DNA samples have
to be taken by force.
- People providing samples should not have their ethnicity recorded."
http://www.hgc.gov.uk/Client/news_item.asp?Newsid=101
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/janet-street-porter/janet-streetporter-im-innocent-so-the-police-have-no-right-to-keep-my-dna-on-file-881272.html
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