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Monday, May 04, 2009

DNA Profiles of Innocent Citizens on Police Databases to be Destroyed

The move follows a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in December that keeping the samples "could not be regarded as necessary in a democratic society".

Those on the England and Wales database despite having no criminal conviction include people who were arrested but never charged and others who have been acquitted in court.

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