Senior Judge misguided on database say Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Nick Clegg has denounced a Senior Judge's call for the expansion of the UK DNA database as 'misguided'. At present, over four million profiles are held on a nationwide criminal database, which the Home Office claim has helped solve complex criminal cases. The largest of its kind in the world, it is reported to be growing at a rate of 30,000 samples a month, taken from suspects at crime scenes. There has already been criticism of the present system as people who are found innocent usually cannot get their details removed.
6 Sep 2007