On a similar line, on R4 this morning they were discussing how they want to keep dna samples from people who've been arrested even if they consequently end up being charged with nothing. A number which would soon mount up. The interviewee refused to admit it amounted to an erosion of civil liberties but was forced into a corner to concede it was part of ';balancing up' advantages and disadvantages of (waffle and bluster here).
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