The case against DNA in the United Kingdom
Sitting in the dock of a brightly lit courtroom, David Butler cocks his head to one side as he listens to the prosecution’s case against him. A former taxi driver from Wavertree, in Liverpool, Butler...
View ArticleUK Forensics blunder ‘may endanger convictions’
Scores of convictions for serious crimes may have to be reviewed after a serious blunder by a leading private forensics firm led to a suspected rapist being acquitted, the Guardian has learned. The...
View ArticleNew UK Protection of Freedoms Act outlines rules for DNA retention
A new law governing the gathering and retention of data including biometric and DNA information has come into force in the UK. Under the Protection of Freedoms (PoF) Act, which received Royal Assent on...
View ArticleUK Police Clueless On DNA Databases
Big Brother Watch finds police are keeping lots of DNA data on innocent people Police forces across the UK have no idea whether the DNA data they are storing relates to innocent or guilty people,...
View ArticleDNA surveillance
Naomi Wolf draws attention to the IT developments underpinning face-recognition technology. This is but one of a set of new surveillance technologies made possible by the biosciences. The UK’s crime...
View ArticleLeicester forensic experts create UK’s first cat DNA database
University of Leicester forensic scientists have created the UK’s first cat DNA database – which has already helped convict a killer. Experts in the University’s Department of Genetics have compiled a...
View Article1.7m DNA profiles cut from UK DNA database
More than 1.7 million DNA profiles of innocent adults and children have been deleted from the national database, ministers have revealed. As part of the Government’s commitment to slim down the...
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