Call for New Laws Over Child Dna Held On Police Database Computers ; Lib Dem Conference

Birmingham Post › September 18, 2008

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West Midlands Police would be forced to delete the DNA records of thousands of children held on a computer database, under proposals backed by Liberal Democrats yesterday.

Delegates at the Lib Dem Party conference called for new laws banning police from recording DNA details of children unless they had been convicted of a violent or sexual offence.

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Call for New Laws Over Child Dna Held On Police Database Computers ; Lib Dem Conference

Under current laws, samples can be taken and recorded from youngsters who have been arrested for any crime, including a minor one - even if they are...

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