A suggestion by Rotterdam police chief Frank Paauw to store the DNA of the whole Dutch population to solve crime has led to a numerous reactions from politicians and the public in the Netherlands. Many of the reactions were voiced via Twitter. At the moment, DNA can only be taken from suspec... [More]

JUSTICE ministry officials are working feverishly to make the December deadline for the tabling of legislation to provide for the collection and use of DNA data as evidence. Prime Minister Bruce Golding, in a statement to the House of Representatives in 2008, had pitched the idea of introduci... [More]