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Italy passed DNA database legislation for convicted offenders in June 2009. Suspects can be profiled when requested by a judge. Innocent people's DNA profiles are supposed to be deleted from the database and their samples destroyed.
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According to Interpol, a DNA database is planned in Italy. Italy passed DNA database legislation for convicted offenders in June 2009. Suspects can be profiled when requested by a judge. Innocent people's DNA profiles are supposed to be deleted from the database and their samples destroyed.
  
 
Law No. 89 of June 30, 2009<ref name="ftn1"><nowiki> 160 [Gazz. Uff.] July 13, 2009, Supp. No. 180.</nowiki>
 
Law No. 89 of June 30, 2009<ref name="ftn1"><nowiki> 160 [Gazz. Uff.] July 13, 2009, Supp. No. 180.</nowiki>
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It is unclear to what extent Italy has implemented its legislation. The European Network of Forensic Science Institutes' [http://dnadatabank.forensischinstituut.nl/Images/enfsi-document-on-dna-database-management-2013_tcm127-497605.pdf 2013 report] records no DNA profiles stored on the database.
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It is unclear to what extent Italy has implemented its legislation. The European Network of Forensic Science Institutes' [http://dnadatabank.forensischinstituut.nl/Images/enfsi-document-on-dna-database-management-2013_tcm127-497605.pdf 2013 report] records no DNA profiles stored on the database.  
  
 
The use of DNA evidence in court has come under intense media scrutiny in the trials of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of the British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007.
 
The use of DNA evidence in court has come under intense media scrutiny in the trials of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of the British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007.
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==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
*External links
 
*External links
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**[http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg17/lavori/documentiparlamentari/IndiceETesti/161bis/001/INTERO.pdf CAMERA DEI DEPUTATI:Doc.CLXI-bis N.1 RELAZIONE SULL’ATTIVITÀ DELLA BANCA DATI NAZIONALE DEL DNA E DEL LABORATORIO CENTRALE PER LA MEDESIMA BANCA DATI (Anni 2012-2014)]
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**[http://www.camera.it/leg17/494?idLegislatura=17&categoria=161&tipologiaDoc=elenco_categoria Doc. CLXI  - Relazione del Ministro della giustizia sull'attività del laboratorio centrale per la banca dati nazionale del DNA (già Doc. CCXXXV nella XVI legislatura)]
 
**[https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/memberpage/italy-183 Europol: Italy]
 
**[https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/memberpage/italy-183 Europol: Italy]
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**[Vecchiotti & Zoppis (2013) DNA and the law in Italy: the experience of “the Perugia case”]
 
**[http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/minors-inclusion-in-the-italian-forensic-dna-database-which-safeguard-between-justice-and-individual-rights-2169-0170.1000107.pdf Tozzo & Caenazzo (2013) Minors Inclusion in the Italian Forensic DNA Database: Which Safeguard between Justice and Individual Rights?]
 
**[http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/minors-inclusion-in-the-italian-forensic-dna-database-which-safeguard-between-justice-and-individual-rights-2169-0170.1000107.pdf Tozzo & Caenazzo (2013) Minors Inclusion in the Italian Forensic DNA Database: Which Safeguard between Justice and Individual Rights?]
 
**[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875176811001193 Biondo & Stephano (2011): Establishment of Italian national DNA database and the central laboratory: Some aspects]
 
**[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875176811001193 Biondo & Stephano (2011): Establishment of Italian national DNA database and the central laboratory: Some aspects]
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*Press articles
 
*Press articles
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**[http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=325120 Shanghai Daily: Italy creates national DNA database to enhance anti-terror fight (26th March 2016)]
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**[http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/italy-sets-up-dna-database-says-its-key-for-national-security_446531.html Europe Online Magazine: Italy sets up DNA database, says it's key for national security (25th March 2016)]
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**[http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2016/03/24/italy-to-get-dna-database_3c7726ce-fa99-406f-88b2-227cfee02121.html ANSA: Italy to get DNA database (24th March 2016)]
 
**[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/world/europe/in-search-for-killer-dna-sweep-exposes-intimate-family-secrets-in-italy.html New York Times: In Search for Killer, DNA Sweep Exposes Intimate Family Secrets in Italy (26th July 2014)]
 
**[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/world/europe/in-search-for-killer-dna-sweep-exposes-intimate-family-secrets-in-italy.html New York Times: In Search for Killer, DNA Sweep Exposes Intimate Family Secrets in Italy (26th July 2014)]
 
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24534110 BBC: Kercher trial: How does DNA contamination occur? (30th January 2014)]
 
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24534110 BBC: Kercher trial: How does DNA contamination occur? (30th January 2014)]

Latest revision as of 14:56, 27 April 2016

According to Interpol, a DNA database is planned in Italy. Italy passed DNA database legislation for convicted offenders in June 2009. Suspects can be profiled when requested by a judge. Innocent people's DNA profiles are supposed to be deleted from the database and their samples destroyed.

Law No. 89 of June 30, 2009<ref name="ftn1"> 160 [Gazz. Uff.] July 13, 2009, Supp. No. 180.


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It is unclear to what extent Italy has implemented its legislation. The European Network of Forensic Science Institutes' 2013 report records no DNA profiles stored on the database.

The use of DNA evidence in court has come under intense media scrutiny in the trials of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of the British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007.

Resources


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