UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders'

mrogers writes "British police want to collect DNA samples from children as young as five who 'exhibit behavior indicating they may become criminals in later life'. A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers argued that since some schools already take pupils' fingerprints, the collection and permanent storage of DNA samples was the logical next step. And of course, if anyone argues that branding naughty five-year-olds as lifelong criminals will stigmatize them, the proposed solution will be to take samples from all children."

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Re:Who's the daddy?

[Leonard Fedorov]

Especially for the kid who doesn't know he's adopted...

Lots of words, no content?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hi, I think it would be good if you could take a few minutes to post a reply to these people? You wouldn't want people thinking that they can just discard whatever you say since you seem to talk a lot but not really say anything of value.

Thanks.