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DNA should be taken from babies (to fight crime) by DesertRat662006-12-13 10:23:58
  I like the honesty by varikin2006-12-13 10:47:00
    Shouldn't even be up for discussion IMO by DesertRat662006-12-13 10:51:01
      *blinks* by subbywan2006-12-13 10:53:00
        How about by DesertRat662006-12-13 10:55:26
          They already ID you at birth. by subbywan2006-12-13 10:57:48
            Not always by DesertRat662006-12-13 10:59:38
              But it's still fairly common, even if not by subbywan2006-12-13 11:01:49
                Just because something has some benefits by DesertRat662006-12-13 11:19:28
                  But just because it *MAY* have bad by subbywan2006-12-13 11:21:47
                    But I see it as the reverse... by jdelphiki2006-12-13 12:06:38
                      No, it doesn't hinder us at all. by subbywan 2006-12-13 12:12:44
Crimes WILL still be committed. I seriously doubt a DNA database will be much of a deterrent.

What I do think it will help with is resolution. Esp cases like rape. How many rapists walk because of lack of evidence? And DNA has a fairly low rate of false positives. The odds of it producing a match with the wrong person who lives in the same area as the victim, and has means/motive, etc for the crime is, at a guess, a statistical outlier in the order of the ridiculous.

If nothing else, it would cut down on the number of people wrongly convicted of crimes, unless the person framing them does a REALLY REALLY good job, in which case, they're pretty much hosed anyway.
[ Reply ]
                        At what cost? by jdelphiki2006-12-13 12:26:46
                          "a huge intrusion on the rights and freedoms"? by Khaar2006-12-13 12:33:47
                            I explained... by jdelphiki2006-12-13 13:22:15
                              so then you're not against them having it, by subbywan2006-12-13 13:28:05
                                I'm quite against them having it... by jdelphiki2006-12-13 13:38:30
                                That's your responsibility. by subbywan2006-12-13 13:40:08
                                The problem is by MatthewDBA2006-12-13 13:41:28
                                That's true, to a degree. by subbywan2006-12-13 13:45:48
                                That's why... by jdelphiki2006-12-13 15:12:36
                                On the GPS thing ... by subbywan2006-12-13 15:14:32
                                Not only Disney, Verizon Wireless too. (n/t) by shorty822006-12-13 17:15:26
                                If such abuses were overt... by jdelphiki2006-12-13 13:45:17
                                See, I have no problem with a DNA DB. by subbywan2006-12-13 13:47:39
                                On such a large scale process... by jdelphiki2006-12-13 15:21:50
                                I see it just the other way around. by subbywan2006-12-13 15:31:42
                          Why does it have to be ONLY for criminals? by subbywan2006-12-13 12:37:54
                            None of the items you listed... by jdelphiki2006-12-13 13:28:12
                              That ones easy: by subbywan2006-12-13 13:38:31
                                DNA can already be used... by jdelphiki2006-12-13 15:08:06
                                I see more good things that can come of it by subbywan2006-12-13 15:17:10

 

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