Free Talk Live - DNA

DNA-Destroying Chip Being Embedded Into Mobile Phones

MrElectric — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:49:32 +0000

According to Dr. Boian Alexandrov at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, terahertz (THz) waves destroy human DNA. The waves literally unzip the helix strand. Now a team of technologists at UT Dallas are planning to take chips broadcasting THz waves and embed them into mobile phones for use as an imaging system for consumers, law enforcement and medical personnel… a potentially deadly technology that could eventually kill or sicken millions of people.

New Jersey lawmaker wants DNA from those convicted of minor crimes

Mac — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:02:03 +0000

A New Jersey lawmaker wants minor criminals, including shoplifters, to turn over DNA samples, which he says will help clear up unsolved crimes, according to a report.
The bill, which was introduced in Trenton by state Sen. Nick Sacco (D-Hudson County), would require adults and juveniles convicted of disorderly persons offenses to submit a sample under the state’s DNA Database law, according to the Jersey Journal.

Mums refund child support

Takeshi Kovacs — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:21:17 +0000

Angry women's groups said last night that it would be the children at the centre of the disputes who would suffer most if money were paid back.

In each case the duped men were able to prove beyond doubt in the courts they were not the fathers using DNA paternity testing.

In the biggest case, Queensland man Ken Rodgers obtained orders for the repayment of $60,000 after making child support contributions over a decade to a woman who refused to even send him a photograph of his alleged child.

Making mothers pay back child support was last night condemned by women's groups.

This American Life 210: Perfect Evidence

simplulo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:03:17 +0000

"After a decade in which DNA evidence has freed over 100 people nationwide, it's become clear that DNA evidence isn't just proving wrongdoing by criminals, it's proving wrongdoing by police and prosecutors. In this show, we look at what DNA has revealed to us: how police get innocent people to confess to crimes they didn't commit and how they get witnesses to pin crimes on innocent people."

British Columbia takes DNA of over 800,000 children without consent

Kolchak — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:52:56 +0000

A Vancouver parent is launching a class action lawsuit against the Province following revelations that B.C. had been secretly storing 800,000 DNA records without consent.

Obama: DNA registry is 'right thing'

Takeshi Kovacs — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:06:50 +0000

President Barack Obama’s embrace of a national database to store the DNA of people arrested but not necessarily convicted of a crime is heartening to backers of the policy but disappointing to criminal-justice reformers, who view it as an invasion of privacy.

President Obama backs DNA test in arrests

masshole — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:55:32 +0000