Posted: 5/20/2010 10:32:22 PM EDT
 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20005458-38.html House votes to expand national DNA arrest databaseMillions of Americans arrested for but not convicted of crimes will likely have their DNA forcibly extracted and added to a national database, according to a bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. By a 357 to 32 vote, the House approved legislation that will pay state governments to require DNA samples, which could mean drawing blood with a needle, from adults "arrested for" certain serious crimes. Not one Democrat voted against the database measure, which would hand out about $75 million to states that agree to make such testing mandatory. "We should allow law enforcement to use all the technology available to them...to reduce expensive and unjust false convictions, bring closure to victims by solving cold cases, better identify criminals, and keep those who commit violent crime from walking the streets," said Rep. Harry Teague, the New Mexico Democrat who sponsored the bill. |
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Quoted: You do realize that if you are arrested you get finger-printed and photographed regardless if you are convicted of anything. That doesn't go away... I've already been finger printed because I have a concealed carry permit, by choice... Having a needle shoved into a arm by force is another story, Especially without a trial and or a conviction. |
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I've already been finger printed because I have a concealed carry permit, by choice... Having a needle shoved into a arm by force is another story, Especially without a trial and or a conviction. You do realize that if you are arrested you get finger-printed and photographed regardless if you are convicted of anything. That doesn't go away... its not a needle, its called a Buccal swab. They just run a Q-tip around your mouth. Just to let you know. |
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Quoted: You do realize that if you are arrested you get finger-printed and photographed regardless if you are convicted of anything. That doesn't go away... ETA ––––––––––––- Don't join the military... Yup...our DNA's on file. They say it's for identification (due to the horrifici ways one can die in battle). Oh..and fingerprints. They got those from me, too. Part of the OCS application. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've already been finger printed because I have a concealed carry permit, by choice... Having a needle shoved into a arm by force is another story, Especially without a trial and or a conviction. You do realize that if you are arrested you get finger-printed and photographed regardless if you are convicted of anything. That doesn't go away... its not a needle, its called a Buccal swab. They just run a Q-tip around your mouth. Just to let you know. that makes me feel so much better!   |
| I am really getting sick of this country. I do not take any blood test as a friend that works at a big lab stated that the federal government and corporations doing genetic research pays them to run unauthorized dna test on samples they have in their possession. |
| The fingerprints and DNA taken by the military for remains identification are protected by law. You cannot use them for identification of criminal suspects. For now. In TX, police can arrest for any violation of the law except speeding and open container. The new federal standard is DNA for every arrestee. I'd be pissed if I got my DNA, prints and photo's in a Federal database just for a class C misdemeanor. |
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Quoted: The fingerprints and DNA taken by the military for remains identification are protected by law. You cannot use them for identification of criminal suspects. For now. In TX, police can arrest for any violation of the law except speeding and open container. The new federal standard is DNA for every arrestee. I'd be pissed if I got my DNA, prints and photo's in a Federal database just for a class C misdemeanor. The "for now" part is key. I wouldn't be shocked to see it released from those protections...just in case. I imagine at some point it'll be an "at birth" requirement with the DNA. |
