vic.thorn@solent.ac.uk
SIR - I have always thought that the underlying principle of justice and law in this country was the strong belief that any suspect arrested was innocent until proven guilty [Make all suspects give DNA, says Blair, 29 November 1999].
How then can Tony Blair possibly justify forcibly taking DNA samples from anyone arrested for any arrestable offence?
Apart from the fact that a suspect has yet to be tried, what is to stop the police from arresting anybody they have a mind to just to enhance the DNA pool?
Is this yet another machination from the Jack Straw police state strategy? We are sliding down a slippery and very dangerous slope.
