Expanding DNA Databases

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Listen Thursday, Sep. 29, 2005 at 12:06 p.m. in Law, Science

In recent years, law enforcement has solved and prevented numerous crimes with help from databases of criminals' DNA. Now a new Senate bill proposes to expand federal data collection to include suspects arrested or detained, but not convicted. Join Kojo for a discussion on the limits of genetic privacy and the future of DNA databases.

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Guests

David Lazer

Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard, Kennedy School of Government; Editor, "DNA and the Criminal Justice System: The Technology of Justice" (MIT Press: 2004)

Moses Schanfield

Professor and Chair of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University

Stephen Saloom

Policy Director, Innocence Project

Joshua Marquis

District Attorney, Clatsop County, Oregon; Vice President, National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)

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