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California Initiative to Expand DNA Database

Posted by michael on from the we-promise-it-will-only-be-used-for-good dept.

vervais_sucks writes "A California attorney is personally bankrolling, to the sum of $1.3m, an initiative to require law enforcement to take DNA samples of every person they arrest for a felony." The (lengthy) initiative is available here (search for DNA on the page).

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  1. In my day ... by cfuse · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    A California attorney is personally bankrolling, to the sum of $1.3m, an initiative to require law enforcement to take DNA samples of every person they arrest for a felony.

    What ever happened to the good old days, when they just used to check if you were nigger, a fag or a commie?

    Just in case you're American, the above is a joke. This, just like every other technology, will be abused by someone, somewhere.