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NY Governor Wants To Expand DNA Database

Posted by samzenpus on from the leave-your-swab-at-the-door dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "If Governor David Paterson has his way, New York would take DNA samples from even the lowest level of criminal, doubling the state's DNA database. He says it would help to both solve crimes and clear people who were wrongly convicted. New York would become the first state in the country to do this. Currently DNA isn't collected in most misdemeanors. The plan is getting lots of support among law enforcement, but the New York Civil Liberties Union says there are questions about privacy."

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  1. Re:NYC Governor? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's a magical land where people are happy

    With your tax rates and no legal right to refuse an anal probe?

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  2. I got no problem with this. by blair1q · · Score: -1, Troll

    Criminals gave up their rights when they committed a crime.

    In fact, I don't think it's anyone's right not to be identified by the epithelials they leave lying around.

    If your footprints can be taken at birth, so can a few cells from the inside of your cheek.

    In fact, I'd encourage everyone to get registered for fingerprints and DNA, because the time, money, and grief it will save your family when your unrecognizable torso is dug up in the woods, is significant.

    So again, fuck the criminals.

  3. They need to take the DNA from homosexuals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This way they'll know who to nab when another filthy child molester gets away from the scene of the crime.