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05-08-2003, 10:20 PM
Supporters, Critics Debate DNA Database Expansion
Friday, May 09, 2003
By Liza Porteus
Fox News
WASHINGTON — A Bush administration plan to expand federal DNA databases by compelling virtually anyone arrested to give up their genetic code has sparked debate between supporters who say it will solve more cases and critics who insist it is too intrusive.
The plan would, among other things, give law enforcement better tools to analyze rape kits and other "cold case" evidence that has gone unexamined for years, identify missing people, exonerate those wrongly accused or convicted of crimes and conduct more DNA analysis of samples from possible offenders. It also aims to reduce the DNA backlogs currently facing many law enforcement agencies.
The Justice Department version currently being finalized with leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary committees would commit more than $1 billion over the next five years to the plan, which would extend to all levels of the criminal justice system.
Full Story (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86390,00.html )
Friday, May 09, 2003
By Liza Porteus
Fox News
WASHINGTON — A Bush administration plan to expand federal DNA databases by compelling virtually anyone arrested to give up their genetic code has sparked debate between supporters who say it will solve more cases and critics who insist it is too intrusive.
The plan would, among other things, give law enforcement better tools to analyze rape kits and other "cold case" evidence that has gone unexamined for years, identify missing people, exonerate those wrongly accused or convicted of crimes and conduct more DNA analysis of samples from possible offenders. It also aims to reduce the DNA backlogs currently facing many law enforcement agencies.
The Justice Department version currently being finalized with leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary committees would commit more than $1 billion over the next five years to the plan, which would extend to all levels of the criminal justice system.
Full Story (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86390,00.html )