FBI to Force DNA Collection on Innocent People.
A depressing post on Slashdot recently indicated that forced DNA collection will become standard in criminal investigations.
The goal is to make DNA collection as routine a part of detainment as fingerprinting and photography.Peter Neufeld, a lawyer who is a co-director of the Innocence Project, which has exonerated dozens of prison inmates using DNA evidence, said the government was overreaching by seeking to apply DNA sampling as universally as fingerprinting.
"Whereas fingerprints merely identify the person who left them, " Mr. Neufeld said, "DNA profiles have the potential to reveal our physical diseases and mental disorders. It becomes intrusive when the government begins to mine our most intimate matters."
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