Alisha Casey/ December 6, 2008/11:00 am
It seems that Britain has experienced some conflict surrounding human rights and DNA and fingerprints of individuals suspected to be guilty in cases. It appears that the European Courts of Human Rights has decided that the Britain policy surrounding the storing of DNA and fingerprints of all suspects. Those that turn out being innocent in the cases have experienced a violation of their human rights. It seems that the ruling has been a blow to the law enforcement policies in the Labor government. This has not stopped Europe from been retaining information on their citizens.
Britain does have a chance to respond to the ruling but one that is for certain that the law has to be changed. The home secretary feels that DNA and fingerprints play an important role in fighting against crime and with this law being passed it will make it difficult to prove some of their cases. Britain' s database holds personal information on 4.6 million but 806,000 do not hold criminal cases.
The Human rights group is elated about the court's decision surrounding DNA and fingerprinting. The government feels that the information contained was useful in solving many cases in the past eight years especially rape and murder cases.
I can understand where the government is coming from when it comes to the cases where the suspects are not convicted it seems that their rights would have been violated. My question is what happens to those cases where the suspects are not convicted. There DNA and fingerprints are essential to proving that they are guilty. Hopefully, Britain can settle the dispute and come to a conclusion that can still help them with solving cases.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/world/europe/05britain.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=human%20rights%20violation&st=cse
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