Imagine being a potential suspect for every crime committed in your country. That would be the logic if DNA from all of a country’s citizens were stored in police DNA records, claims a report published this week by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, which advises the UK government.
“It treats all citizens as potential suspects rather than as ‘citizens of goodwill and intent’ as at present,” says Carole McCartney of the University of Leeds and project manager for the report.
While more crimes might be solved, the loss of personal liberty, autonomy and privacy would be disproportionate, the report says.…
