Wednesday, July 30, 2008

DNA records 'criminalise people' / BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7531588.stm
Thousands of DNA samples from innocent people are now retained.
DNA profiles of those not convicted of a crime should be removed from the database in England and Wales, a government-funded inquiry has said.

Control of the database should be taken from government and police and given to an independent body, the inquiry urged.