Taking Children's Dna Needs to Be Stopped ; Western Mail Comment

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THE debate over privacy and the rights of the individual against those of society at large has been given a fresh twist this week with the arrest of an MP and complaints of police heavy-handedness. Damian Green, the Conservative immigration spokesman, has become one of the thousands of people forced to give a DNA sample. Mr Green has not been charged with any offence, yet his sample will lie on the database.

As we report today, the expansion of the DNA database has an even more sinister side. Thousands of children have had their DNA taken and stored - a staggering total of 64,610 youngsters in Wales alone.

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Taking Children's Dna Needs to Be Stopped ; Western Mail Comment

Are all these children hardened criminals? Is holding their DNA helping to clear up dozens of cold cases, forgo...

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