DNA database

What kind of country arrests innocent people to boost its DNA database? Last updated at 10:43 PM on 25th November 2009 Police are arresting innocent people specifically to secure their DNA samples Throughout the 12 years since New...

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...into one of suspects. "It's now become pretty much routine to take DNA samples on arrest, so large numbers of people on the DNA database will be there not because they have been convicted, but because they've been arrested," Times...

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Police arresting people "just for the DNA" By Peter Griffiths Britain has built the world's biggest DNA database without proper political debate and police routinely arrest people just to get their DNA profiles onto the system, the genetics...

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...• science • surveillance state • uk British cops arrest people just to add them to the DNA database claims inquiry Britain's cops have the largest DNA database in the world, and it's full of innocent people who were arrested but not...

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Police officers are arresting people just to get them on the national DNA database, it has been claimed. Officers are being told to arrest "for everything" where they have the power to, simply in order to take a genetic sample, a report...

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Millions of people in the UK have samples on the national DNA database. Find out where they were taken National DNA database is under fire. A sample being taken If you're arrested now, the chances are the police officer will swab your...

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Police officers are being accused of arresting people just to get them on the national DNA database. A report claims officers are being told to arrest "for everything" where they have the power to, simply in order to take a genetic...

In this article: Summons and Allegation

Police arrest so they can boost DNA database, warns watchdog Police are arresting people just so they can take their DNA and boost numbers on the national database, the Government's own watchdog has warned. Officers will arrest...

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The case for a complete DNA database | Gavin Phillipson The case for a complete DNA database At the moment, the arbitrary process of adding to the database breeds injustice. Perhaps we owe it to society to all be included guardian.co.uk,...

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The Government must not create a national DNA database by stealth. The Government's decision to retain for six years the DNA profiles of innocent people on a database supposed to be made up of convicted criminals is perverse. Why six...

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