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Even the Guardian unwilling propagator of DNA data base propaganda
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/dec/05/dna-database-...
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11 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 11 hours agoI am really disappointed in the guardian with regard to the content of the Dec 5 article titled: “How traces linked killers to victims in high-profile cases”
Here we have a ruling about the removal of the DNA of innocent people and without exception every example of so called DNA convictions apply to people who are convicted criminals or matching DNA during an investigation, when such DNA samples can be held legally by the police.
It’s about the innocent Stupid!
You may well realize this, but what’s left imprinted on the minds of the no so discerning is that the ruling is somehow detrimental to public safety.
All the statistics from Scotland, where they do routinely erase DNA records of the innocent, point out this need definitely not be the case!
By repeating meaningless statistics from APCO, like 200,000 DNA samples leading to 14,000 matches to crime scenes, the Guardian only serves the Home Office propaganda machine. Which Guardian journalist actually will rebut those figures by asking to how many court convictions were obtained by the police using DNA samples held in contravention of the December 4th ECJ ruling? You will find the answer much nearer to a humbling 187 extra convictions! And for this we need to have our civil liberties eroded?
Where is the balance in this article?
Tags: DNA database, Privacy
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