Comments on: TDR award winner is DNA collection advocate http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/05/12/tdr-award-winner-is-dna-collection-advocate/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:29:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Adam http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/05/12/tdr-award-winner-is-dna-collection-advocate/#comment-3951 Adam Wed, 14 May 2008 06:19:57 +0000 http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/05/12/tdr-award-winner-is-dna-collection-advocate/#comment-3951 DNA from those convicted? YES! DNA from those formally charged? Maybe. DNA from those merely suspected? Are we living in the USA or Nazi Germany?? An innocent person can be suspected of a crime, be forced to give DNA, be cleared of any wrongdoing, and then have to bear the full burden of getting his DNA expunged from the database. The court can deny such requests and there is no right to appeal. "Those who are innocent have nothing to fear." - The battle cry of totalitarianism. I defy anyone to explain to me why there is a public interest in requiring innocent people to furnish DNA to the government. DNA from those convicted? YES!
DNA from those formally charged? Maybe.
DNA from those merely suspected? Are we living in the USA or Nazi Germany??

An innocent person can be suspected of a crime, be forced to give DNA, be cleared of any wrongdoing, and then have to bear the full burden of getting his DNA expunged from the database. The court can deny such requests and there is no right to appeal.

“Those who are innocent have nothing to fear.” - The battle cry of totalitarianism.

I defy anyone to explain to me why there is a public interest in requiring innocent people to furnish DNA to the government.

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