Data Retention Regulations in the Lords

[Roland Perry]

In article <007b01c9b1de$d10e4840$732ad8c0$@net>, James Firth 
<james2@jfirth.net> writes
>> No, the really dangerous false positive is when the database says 
>>"this  is  the only match for the evidence", and someone not actually 
>>in the  database  actually did it.
>
>Which is precisely why keeping DNA samples from those cleared or not charged
>of an offence is discriminatory despite some people continuing to argue that
>those left on the database have "nothing to fear" if they don't commit a
>crime.

On the other hand, if all the samples were kept, then the occurrence of 
duplicates would soar, and maybe people would then take the possibility 
more seriously.
-- 
Roland Perry