Posted on 03/14/2010 5:43:52 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
President Barack Obamas embrace of a national database to store the DNA of people arrested but not necessarily convicted of a crime is heartening to backers of the policy but disappointing to criminal-justice reformers, who view it as an invasion of privacy.
Others also worry the practice would adversely affect minorities.
In an interview aired Saturday on Americas Most Wanted, Obama expressed strong agreement as host John Walsh extolled the virtues of collecting DNA at the time of an arrest and putting it into a single, national database.
We have 18 states who are taking DNA upon arrest, Walsh said. Its no different than fingerprinting or a booking photo. ... Since those states have been doing it, it has cleared 200 people that are innocent from jail.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Like fingerprints?
>>Like fingerprints?<<
C’mon — read the whole post :)
>>Too many people watch CSI and believe the BS on that program.<<
OTOH, if you are left in a glade or in the ocean and have every speck of flesh taken from you and leave only a partial skeleton, inside of a few hours they can figure out your name, your age, weight, what you had for dinner, the last book you read, where you like to vacation, rent or own, and whether you prefer redheads, brunettes or blonds.
Without leaving the lab (/Bones)
remember the electronic medical record requirement under the first stimulus....that’s where DNA is going to be added...and we will all be guinea pigs of the state..
If they pass this, and if I ever get arrested, I’ll give them a DNA sample they’ll never forget.
DNA taken for an arrest? This is very bad news.
A little DNA goes a long ways. Save it and use it to frame someone. And who knows what else could be done with it. Very bad.
What is it you don't understand about my understanding?
“Don’t answer that question.”
Muawiyah, are you his lawyer or something?
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