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Trillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 08:25 AM
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2. If this passes California,
I'd like to also see the granting of DNA ownership to the individuals whose cells contain the DNA. Otherwise, I'd be worried that my DNA was being used as intellectual property for corporate benefit that I never gave my permission for.

I have severe reservations about mandatory DNA collection upon arrest. Whatever happened until 'innocent until proven guilty'?

If we as a society aren't careful, police detective work will become a thing of the past, and the 'suspect' with the highest DNA 'chances' of having done the crime will be convicted. Stockpiling DNA in huge databases and then mining them will become something police agencies do to find prosecutions 'more likely' to succeed.

So what if you were on the other side of the state and have a witness--the DNA doesn't lie--it says you were most likely to have done the crime.

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