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Rekna · 09-12-2004, 05:30 PM

I really don't think that would be a huge issue. First there will typically be more than just a small piece of DNA as evidence at a crime scene. For instance if you rape someone your semen will be inside her. If there is blood on the ground... ect. Planting fingerprints isn't exactly difficult and there hasn't been a lot of problems with that. At least with DNA there is a large chance that the planter would also leave behind some evidence. People have nothing to hide when it comes to DNA.

I think the government could implement a very secure method of handling it and authenticating it also. Something along the lines of they submit their DNA codes to a checker that then replies with whose DNA it is. No one except for a few people have access to what codes person X has until a match is made. (This would make synthetic framing highly improbable).

Also i'm sure that if this were the case the courts would put limits on what kind of DNA evidence is admissible. The big thing is it could be used to solve crimes in which there is ample DNA evidence.

There are really 2 types of people who don't want to give DNA, those that have done something wrong and those who are planning on doing something wrong.

09-12-2004, 05:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rekna Junkie	I really don't think that would be a huge issue. First there will typically be more than just a small piece of DNA as evidence at a crime scene. For instance if you rape someone your semen will be inside her. If there is blood on the ground... ect. Planting fingerprints isn't exactly difficult and there hasn't been a lot of problems with that. At least with DNA there is a large chance that the planter would also leave behind some evidence. People have nothing to hide when it comes to DNA. I think the government could implement a very secure method of handling it and authenticating it also. Something along the lines of they submit their DNA codes to a checker that then replies with whose DNA it is. No one except for a few people have access to what codes person X has until a match is made. (This would make synthetic framing highly improbable). Also i'm sure that if this were the case the courts would put limits on what kind of DNA evidence is admissible. The big thing is it could be used to solve crimes in which there is ample DNA evidence. There are really 2 types of people who don't want to give DNA, those that have done something wrong and those who are planning on doing something wrong.