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Bill: DNA Database (Innocent Persons) Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamonian Reform Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: January 3844
Description[?]:
| A bill to ensure that the DNA information of persons who have not been convicted of a crime are not retained on the government's DNA database. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: DNA from persons accused or convicted for a crime is recorded.
Current: All citizens' DNA is recorded.
Proposed: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:15:32, May 09, 2015 CET | From | National Republican Party | To | Debating the DNA Database (Innocent Persons) Bill |
| Message | Having one's forensic data is not an imposition on civil liberties. A person accused of a crime is likely to be a suspect in other crimes, so their DNA should be on record. |
| Date | 20:23:14, May 09, 2015 CET | From | Telamonian Reform Party | To | Debating the DNA Database (Innocent Persons) Bill |
| Message | The NRP's response to this bill demonstrates that they do not support the presumption of innocence. Instead, anyone who is accused of a crime - even if they are acquitted - will have their DNA kept on a government database. This is an imposition of civil liberties and contravenes the right to privacy of Telemonians. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 500 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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