Should DNA samples be taken from everyone in the world to help with crime solving???

Question

Where DNA samples are left at a crime scene, should there be an international database showing EVERYONES DNA so that crimes can be solved faster???

Cos, surely, if you have nothing to hide, then you would willingly give a sample... Wouldn't you???

I see some people have things to hide... VERY SHADY!!!! :D

Wonder if we'll get a religious reason... ;)

Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

No, no, no. DNA is not the end all be all that you think it is. Juries start to hear about DNA and their brains shut off. Moreover, the science is not as good as you think it is. These figures regarding 1 in 10 billion are often wrong. Moreover, the control groups used to determine the statistics often don't include certain groups. For instance, many indian tribes are no represented in the control groups. As such, certain native americans have a much better chance with a match.

Additionally, you might share all of the alleles that are counted with someone. As such, if that person you share the counted alleles with commits a crime, but the match they have is with you, you'll have a lot of explaining to do. And cops don't listen to you. Once they have their mind made up, they'll try to get you to confess and false confessions are relatively common (according to the US Dept. of Justice, anyway, but what do they know?).

Moreover, you leave DNA everywhere all the time. What if you leave your DNA in the wrong place? The question isn't always the science. The question is often the recovery of the DNA and what processes are used. Cops and their CSI pals will make it seem like they are infallible and that they never make mistakes in the collection and there is never any cross-contamination. But cross contamination in rampant in the real world.

You know, I have nothing to hide. My problem is with the government and how they botch what they do all the time. And, frankly, what I fail to understand is how we all think that law enforcement will always do a supperb job, while the rest of the government stinks and is totally innept. Frankly, all government is inept, law enforcement and everyone else. I don't want my DNA in the government's database. They'll screw it up somehow and I'd just as soon not be the victim of their screw up.

Answer 3

In principle of course you are right. It should be perfectly safe to keep that kind of information about everybody and know that it will not be abused and therefore people with nothing to hide will have nothing to be concerned about. Unfortuantely we don't live in a perfect world. Time and again people in positions of power and authority abuse those positions. Therefore as we take measures to protect our property we must also take measures to protect our privacy, even from those who job is should be to protect us.

Answer 4

more and more low level crimes and their perpetrators are being genetically fingerprinted,on a daily basis!especially in the modern 1st world countrys ie:breach of peace or arrestable motoring crime offences,shoplifting aswell,so the answer to your Q IS that it is happening now and has been for a while. and if it goes anyway to solving Heinious crimes that we see daily on the tv/news ,then im one who agress with it fully!!

Answer 5

And who would keep the massive data base???the UN?? how wld it be updated (new births and deaths)..
Would it not be the biggest hacker target ?? IF somehow deleted from the world DNA data base then one could literally do whatever they wanted without fear of getting caught...
NO ...BAD IDEA

Answer 6

No, somebody somewhere would have it infront of the supreme court creating elements about civil right to privacy?

Answer 7

how will be protecting your samples?
at this stage of DNA development i would suggest NO!

Answer 8

Great Idea.

This will protect our children!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yada Yada Yada

Answer 9

heck no....that's big brother watching.

Answer 10

hell no