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Washington State Wants DNA Sampling of All Arrested Individuals
This week, some Washington state lawmakers are pushing a proposal that would require police to extract DNA from every arrested individual.
At present, Washington police take DNA samples only from those who have already been convicted of a crime, as a warrant is necessary to obtain the DNA of mere suspects.
Under the provisions of the proposal, the collected DNA would be sent off to a State Patrol database, as well as the one maintained by the FBI, thereby enabling a sort of suspect-centered Google; if a certain strand of DNA showed up on a crime scene, it could be punched into the local police's DNA search engine and, presto, you've got a suspect.
Many folks, including the American Civil Liberties Untion (ACLU), believe these goings on smack of an Orwellian dystopia or apocalyptic events -- a database, accessible to unseen powers, that contains the very code of each individual's biology.
Our primary concern? Who's going to pay for these $82-a-shot DNA extractions? With the program estimated to cost $1-million dollars for two years of operation, Olympia's hoping to get some federal help. Along with everybody else, that is. Can't we just put aside our creepy 'Brave New World' ideas until after the economic crisis? [From: Seattle Times via Slashdot]
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Subscribe to commentsDavid RandallFeb 6th 2009 5:24PM
I'm sorry, but just being arrested doesn't make one a criminal. Plenty of people are arrested and not convicted. Why subject each and every one of them to this degree of invasiveness? I can't really complain about taking samples from convicted offenders or getting court orders for DNA from suspects, but this is really big brother taking things a bit too far. If you need my DNA to try to convict me, get a warrant!
JOE-JOEFeb 6th 2009 6:29PM
and why not !!!! no difference from mug shots and finger prints !!!!
PjbFeb 6th 2009 7:06PM
Sure you want to be or have a family member raped and then wait for the DNA labs to point the quilty out someday? Well, just remember you thought it was a creepy thought.
steveFeb 6th 2009 10:38PM
This will lead to innocent people being convicted. All they would have to do is arrest anyone, without cause, and then get the DNA. Then they could replicate the DNA and then plant it at the crime scene. To much power in the hands of the corrupt. Cops are pieces of s***. For every good cop I have met, I have met 20 that are crap and should be killed. They are a waste of our money.
warren lilyeaFeb 8th 2009 9:25AM
i agree, randall, but the police are not God: they cannot read an arrested person's heart to see if he's a criminal or just made a one-time mistake. don't be surprised if that same person makes another mistake. the dna would separate the mistakes from crimes. the example of the inmate who died in prison before dna proved him innocent.
andyFeb 7th 2009 11:00AM
why don't you just take everyone's DNA at birth, give them a micro chip in the forehead, and a lobotomy, that way they’ll automatically be set to work at any government job.