Comments on: DNA Database Being Illegally Added To http://www.cosmodaddy.com/2009/11/05/dna-database-being-illegally-added-to/ Bringing your passion back to politics! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rock_Bottom http://www.cosmodaddy.com/2009/11/05/dna-database-being-illegally-added-to/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Rock_Bottom Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:33 +0000 http://www.cosmodaddy.com/?p=1245#comment-454 Unfortunately, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Yes, it's fantastic that the DNA profiles of the innocent will have to be deleted. But... after 6 years. Where's the justice in that? IS someone more likely to commit a crime in the first six years after they were arrested for... oh yea, not committing a crime - in the eyes of the law, they were innocent in the first place. However, that's not the end of the story. This ruling (as far as I know) doesn't include the requirement to delete PNC records, which will still show that an individual was arrested, and that no action was taken against them. OK - I suppose you could argue that this is fair enough, it shows that no action was taken against the individual; but it still leaves the innocent person 'tainted' with a PNC record. We've all seen the consequences of this when it comes to applications to emigrate and the ludicrous, almost automatic disclosure of any and all soft information on CRB checks. This whole mess needs proper attention, and wholescale reform. Unfortunately, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Yes, it’s fantastic that the DNA profiles of the innocent will have to be deleted. But… after 6 years. Where’s the justice in that? IS someone more likely to commit a crime in the first six years after they were arrested for… oh yea, not committing a crime – in the eyes of the law, they were innocent in the first place.

However, that’s not the end of the story. This ruling (as far as I know) doesn’t include the requirement to delete PNC records, which will still show that an individual was arrested, and that no action was taken against them.

OK – I suppose you could argue that this is fair enough, it shows that no action was taken against the individual; but it still leaves the innocent person ‘tainted’ with a PNC record. We’ve all seen the consequences of this when it comes to applications to emigrate and the ludicrous, almost automatic disclosure of any and all soft information on CRB checks. This whole mess needs proper attention, and wholescale reform.

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