Nigel Harper, 25 September 2009
The author of the research which provided the backbone to government plans for retaining DNA on the database has questioned whether it can be relied on to construct policy.
The government was forced to issue new rules on the retention of innocent people's DNA n the database after a European Court of Human Rights ruling staressed the currrent arrangements were illegal.
It's eventual suggestions – for a six and 12 year limit depending on the crime the person has been acquitted of – were based on research by the Jill Dando Institute for Crime Science.
But this morning, Gloria Laycock, director of the insitute, told politics.co.uk the research was not ready when it was referred to by government.
Source: politics.co.uk
