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DNA Used to Nab Criminal Kin

But questions arise over genetic privacy of innocent relatives

By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser User

Posted Apr 21, 2008 12:51 PM CDT

(Newser) – Law-enforcement agencies are using DNA of family members—often without their consent—to identify and convict criminals, the Washington Post reports. Privacy advocates object that it turns family members into unwitting informants, and subjects innocent relatives to “lifelong genetic surveillance” because someone in their...   Read full story »

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