As several people have already said, this is already in widespread use here in the UK. Not just for those who've been arrested/suspected, but also for all those who have given samples to be excluded in a widespread area search. There is no way that these 'innocent' samples can be removed from the database as the law does not allow it. Indeed, witin the few weeks one of the UK's senior police officers has voiced an 'opinion' that it would be beneficial to take a DNA sample from every baby at birth.
Also, given the previous history of the UK governments to sell off the family silver, how long will it be before this information can be purchaed by insurance or private medical companies and then used to deny insurance cover - for an example, look at how they sell off details from the electoral register and the vehicle licensing databases to private companies.
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As several people have already said, this is already in widespread use here in the UK. Not just for those who've been arrested/suspected, but also for all those who have given samples to be excluded in a widespread area search. There is no way that these 'innocent' samples can be removed from the database as the law does not allow it. Indeed, witin the few weeks one of the UK's senior police officers has voiced an 'opinion' that it would be beneficial to take a DNA sample from every baby at birth. Also, given the previous history of the UK governments to sell off the family silver, how long will it be before this information can be purchaed by insurance or private medical companies and then used to deny insurance cover - for an example, look at how they sell off details from the electoral register and the vehicle licensing databases to private companies.