DNA Policy

Advocating for stronger human rights standards in DNA databases. Follow us for regular updates on DNA databases worldwide.

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

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Did the ‘Tom Brady of DNA’ put hundreds of innocent people in jail?

Yvonne Woods spent three decades at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Now claims she tampered with evidence have put all her work under the microscope

The Times [paywall]

[DNA Policy @FDNAPI]

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The complaint alleges the charges relied entirely on the same "cutting-edge" genealogical technology used to track down the infamous Golden State Killer and touted as a powerful tool to identify unknown subjects using DNA testing...

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

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"A growing body of evidence suggests that these 3 features of microbiomes cld be exploited for forensics

any human sample collected for microbiome analysis contains > just microorganisms...human DNA sequences are often present in microbiome datasets."

[DNA Policy @FDNAPI]

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"...the failures of the system obviously have implications beyond the backlog – there could be hundreds of innocent people behind bars, wrongly convicted of crimes they did not commit – a serious miscarriage of justice."

[DNA Policy @FDNAPI]

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"...the failures of the system obviously have implications beyond the backlog – there could be hundreds of innocent people behind bars, wrongly convicted of crimes they did not commit – a serious miscarriage of justice."

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

"Bill requiring fingerprinting, #DNA samples of illegal aliens in custody passes committee

#humanrights #DNArights #police

https://t.co/eLVo4Juz3M

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

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Appeals court revives lawsuit challenging California district attorney’s DNA collection program

Suit by two UCI professors contends the program pressures low-level defendants to give up their #DNA in exchange for leniency

#HumanRights #DNAprivacy

[DNA Policy @FDNAPI]

NYPD lawsuit claims department maintains DNA database with no warrant

#DNAdatabases

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[DNA Policy @FDNAPI]

"it was “extraordinary” that all of the science involved in DNA analysis, from Crick and Watson to Alec Jeffreys, the father of DNA fingerprinting, could be defeated by the least technical step in the process: the closing of a plastic bag."

https://t.co/xJK49Tqofk

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

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NYPD falters on promise of DNA database demographic transparency, advocates say

"Many people with DNA in the database have not been convicted of a crime or even arrested."

#DNAdatabase
#humanrights

[DNA Policy @FDNAPI]

"The report revealed lab managers had focused on speed rather than accuracy in DNA testing and that “scourge” affected the validation of processes and equipment, time management and resources."

#DNAdatabases

https://t.co/UGAQFUg6e3

[DNA Policy @FDNAPI]

When DNA Samples Are Complicated: Calculating Variation in Mixed Samples Interpretation

https://t.co/aPfl88JsaQ

#DNAdatabases

[Genetics and Society @C_G_S]

In a high-profile murder case, New York police swabbed hundreds of Black men, illegally used a private DNA lab, relied on the scientifically contested practice of DNA phenotyping to implicate a suspect, and then concealed their tactics. https://t.co/OU1xxGIkzQ

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

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Worth a re-visit to this key 2018 article highlighting human rights issues of #DNA forensics

"We leave traces of our genetic material everywhere, even on things we’ve never touched. That got Lukis Anderson charged with a brutal crime he didn’t commit"

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

Philippines bill raises ethical concerns:

"this is becoming an ethical issue..bc it allows the state to monitor and surveillance of people who may not be involved in a particular crime but partially matches the DNA sample obtained from a crime scene"

https://t.co/RoaLed8xOL

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

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“Broad dissemination of what is essentially a computer-generated guess can lead to mass surveillance of any Black man approximately 5'4", both by their community and by law enforcement”

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

Sex Assault Victim Sues City for Using Her #DNA to Arrest Her

The federal lawsuit contends the city instituted and maintained an unconstitutional #DNAdatabase of crime victims’ DNA without the individual’s consent or knowledge.

https://t.co/Ocky8qosFt

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

https://t.co/S5mNJLDZFQ
The unpleasant surprises of genetic ancestry testing

Some customers don’t like what they find, and certain #DNA businesses share their data with pharmaceutical companies and law enforcement agencies

#MyDNARights

[DNA Policy @FDNAPI]

Is Ireland's #DNA Database at risk of a cyber attack?

https://t.co/W0i3tacKbA

[MyDNArights @MyDNArights]

"In Texas, the state gave blood spots to the federal government to help build a #DNA #database to crack cold cases and identify missing persons. In Minnesota, researchers used them to look for emerging trends among newborns by ethnic group and region."
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