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Law Enforcement Greatly Expand DNA Databases

Millions of additional people will be added annually to the FBI's DNA database of 6.7 million, when agency will begin adding records for those who are arrested or detained, but not yet convicted of an offense. Those detained for immigration violations will constitute a larger proportion of the new collections. DNA can reveal much more about an individual than fingerprints or photographs.

F.B.I. and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases, Solomon Moore, New York Times