Jabberwocky alerts us to the news that police in the UK have supposedly been arresting innocent people just to add them to the UK’s DNA database. The report looking into this, sarcastically titled “Nothing to hide, nothing to fear? …
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UK Police Arresting People Just To Add To DNA Database?
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Jabberwocky alerts us to the news that police in the UK have supposedly been arresting innocent people just to add them to the UK’s DNA database. …
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The DNA Database of the Innocent « Anja Nettler’s Blog
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Britain has the biggest DNA database in the world, with nearly one million innocent people in it. If someone gets arrested, the police takes his DNA sample and – at the moment – they are storing it indefinitely. …
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