快猫短视频

PLANS to allow the police in Britain to keep DNA samples taken from innocent
people are alarming campaigners for civil liberties.

At present, DNA profiles must be destroyed after the suspects from which they
were taken are eliminated from a criminal enquiry (快猫短视频, 23
May 1998, p 18). But the increasing use of mass screenings means that
individuals who are suspects in several investigations have to repeatedly give
samples.

鈥淭his is a waste of time and money,鈥� says Home Secretary Jack Straw. He wants
these profiles to be retained鈥攊f the individuals consent鈥攊n a new
database that will exist alongside the National DNA Database, which contains
profiles of over 600 000 convicted criminals. Straw also wants to allow police
to check crime scene samples against databases held by foreign governments and
the military.

Britain鈥檚 Police Superintendents鈥� Association, which has been calling for
wider use of DNA profiles, has welcomed the proposals. But John Wadham, director
of the London-based civil rights group Liberty, calls the plans 鈥渄eeply flawed鈥�.
People may feel intimidated into allowing their profiles to be stored, fearing
that a refusal would place them under suspicion, he argues.