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In a 1999 photo, Britain's former Prime
Minister Tony Blair has a
DNA swab
taken as
promotion for the national DNA
database.

Britain Drops Proposal to Keep Innocent in DNA Database as US Database Grows

October 19, 2009 07:30 PM
by Haley A. Lovett
In many U.S. states, the DNA of those arrested but not convicted is held indefinitely. In Britain, however, the Home Office dropped a DNA database proposal due to strong public opposition and a European court ruling.
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