When the state of New York expanded its DNA database last year, I didn’t give it much thought. After all, I am not a criminal, so it’s not like my DNA is going to be in the database anytime soon.
And yet.
I was a little shocked last week when I read the Gazette’s story about 10 Montgomery County residents arrested for failing to provide court-ordered DNA samples. None of these people were violent criminals. Rather, they were guilty of relatively minor misdemeanors.
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It’s one thing to take DNA swabs from murderers and rapists. It’s quite another to take them from someone who stole less than $1,000 worth of goods, or someone who lied on their welfare application.
Read the full, original story here: Public debates the DNA issue — and so do I
