Annotated Bibliography #3

So I finally found some U.S. stuff. =]

DNA Databases

F.B.I. and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/us/19DNA.html

This article talks about the DNA Databases in the U.S. It discusses how this process will help identify many crimes unsolved. If we put every criminal in the database no matter how small their crime is, we can either put criminals behind bars, or exonerate more of the wrongfully convicted. DNA specifically identifies a person, and there isn't a question as to if it's them or not. Using it instead of fingerprints, helps keep out the error in convicting someone. DNA Databases are in effect in the UK and it works fairly well over there. Rock Harmon states that "If you haven’t done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear." If you aren't guilty of anything, then what is the harm in your information being in the database just to confirm that?