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Bill: DNA Act of 2926
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Aloria Party (NAP)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2927
Description[?]:
| The People’s Party has been tough on crime, and will always be tough on crime. We believe that anyone accused of a crime or convicted should have their DNA on record. Just because you were accused and never convicted does not mean you weren’t guilty. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Current: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Proposed: DNA from persons accused or convicted for a crime is recorded.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:22:07, April 21, 2010 CET | From | Aloria First Party | To | Debating the DNA Act of 2926 |
| Message | The AFP view the proposed legislation as an invasive assault on basic personal freedom and privacy. We can see the obvious benefit of a DNA database of convicted criminals, but the concept of a national database recording the DNA of innocent or potentially innocent people and retaining it for an indefinite period is disturbing. It also lacks any clear purpose. For these reasons, we oppose this measure. |
| Date | 22:21:31, April 21, 2010 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the DNA Act of 2926 |
| Message | AFP, the reason that we propose this is that people who are accused sometimes guilty but either it get off because of a technicality, good lawyer, or not enough evidence. Plus also if a crime is committed and the DNA does not come from a convicted person database it might come up in a database of someone accused. It is not imposing taking the DNA of every citizen which is something we oppose, but this takes us in a right direction to fight crime. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 309 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 237 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 69 |
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