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DNA proposals in South Africa ‘violate rights of the innocent’

By jeeg On June 13, 2013 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
Latest version of law to create DNA database criticised for having provisions that violate human rights of innocent persons

WHILE the latest version of a law to create a DNA database has been welcomed as an improvement on the 2009 version, it has been criticised for having provisions that violate the human rights of innocent [...]

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Cited by a Justice, but Feeling Less Than Honored

By jeeg On June 11, 2013 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized

Authors usually like it when the Supreme Court cites their work. But a reference to a book in an opinion last week is drawing mixed reviews.

The case, Maryland v. King, was about whether the authorities may take DNA samples from people arrested in connection with serious crimes. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for [...]

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CRG Statement: Supreme Court Ruling Fails to Protect the Privacy of Americans’ DNA

On June 4, 2013 By jeeg

The US Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Maryland’s law allowing law enforcement to collect DNA upon arrest and prior to conviction fails to protect the privacy of Americans’ DNA and is a serious blow to human rights in the United States.

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US Supreme Court’s DNA Ruling Brings U.S. a Step Closer to ’Gattaca’

On June 4, 2013 By jeeg

The day that DNA cheek swabs officially became the new fingerprints deserves to be marked and remembered — and not just because of the inevitable march of technology.

No, the Supreme Court’s 5-4 holding today in Maryland v. King, that anyone arrested for a “serious crime” can have his or her DNA taken without [...]

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Forensic Genetics Policy Initiative Criticizes South African DNA Database Legislation

On May 22, 2013 By jeeg

The Forensic Genetics Policy Initiative (FGPI) is a global human rights project, chaired by the Council for Responsible Genetics, GeneWatch UK and Privacy International, which is dedicated to ensuring that the expansion of DNA databases is consistent with human rights principles.

Today the FGPI submitted comments to the South African Parliament on the recently introduced Criminal Law [...]

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Pioneer in DNA testing quits NY Medical Examiner’s Office over lab violations

On May 17, 2013 By jeeg

A top deputy at the medical examiner’s office who has been lauded for her work in DNA testing resigned amid revelations that she sidestepped lab protocol in at least two criminal cases, the Daily News has learned.

The abrupt April 19 departure of Theresa Caragine is the latest snafu to befall the office and has [...]

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New DNA database in Kosovo

On May 10, 2013 By jeeg

Kosovo’s Forensics Agency has become one of the 265 labs in more than 40 countries that are using CODIS, the Combined DNA Index System, to manage a database, a move that experts said will revolutionise the country’s fight against crime.

“I hope that the … system installation and application of the DNA method, which enables [...]

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Lethal DNA tags could keep innocent people out of jail

On May 8, 2013 By jeeg

DNA so dangerous that it doesn’t exist in nature has been given its first useful role – keeping innocent people out of jail.

Several sequences of DNA not found in nature – probably because they are incompatible with life – were identified in 2007. Now it seems these so-called nullomers can be used [...]

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Israel Police skirt law, create migrant DNA database

On May 2, 2013 By jeeg

Police have been collecting for over a year now the DNA of African migrants who cross into Israel from Egypt and are incarcerated at the Negev’s Saharonim detention facility. The police wanted to find a way to collect the DNA of the migrants before they disappear in Tel Aviv, as a means of helping them [...]

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DNA Bill heads to Parliament in South Africa

On May 1, 2013 By jeeg

The Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill – also known as the DNA Bill – is on its way to Parliament after being delayed for five years.

Proponents of the bill say it has the potential to help police take violent criminals off South Africa’s streets.

According to a cabinet statement, the [...]

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