UK: Record Growth in DNA Database - Via Stealth

Nigel Morris writes on The Independent:Britain's DNA database is being built by stealth, critics warned, as the Government admitted record numbers of profiles were added last year.Many of the 722,464 new samples were taken by police from people who have never been convicted of – or even charged with – a criminal offence.Britain now has a DNA database holding nearly five million samples – by far the largest... [read full story]