Introduction: The United States has been passing around the idea of a national DNA database much controversy has stemmed from this issue. This issue offers many benefits such as disaster identification, catching criminals and helping medical staff with the inclusion of medical records. On the other hand many view this as a blatant disregard for people’s privacy and a threat to their democracy. It is seen as a system that is much to costly and easily abused and too totalitarian for the government to impose upon us.
Pro Side: The United States should push forward in their pursuit to create a national DNA database because the benefits far out weigh the costs.
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While many scientists believe that DNA databases can help to solve crime factors they don’t even have the audacity to say that DNA is 100% foolproof. Unfortunately it’s not while DNA can help to solve crimes it could also cause more wrongful convictions because everyone’s genetic makeup is very similar it all comes down to repetition and if any error is made someone could go to jail for a crime they didn’t commit. This could also create problems when criminals who were convicted for misdemeanors try to return to the work force and are denied because of past issues.
Many believe that this is an overreaching of the government and is straying from the democratic values of the country. Some people have stretched as far to say that with the new resources the government would shift to more totalitarian views and begin to force these views on its people. This would create corruption and create distrust among many Americans. If this is instituted this could also open up the records of children and the mentally ill who have committed prior offences and invade their privacy by outing bad moments in their past that they have tried to
Pro Side: The United States should push forward in their pursuit to create a national DNA database because the benefits far out weigh the costs.
This system could be invaluable to the U.S.; rescue workers could easily take a drop …show more content…
While many scientists believe that DNA databases can help to solve crime factors they don’t even have the audacity to say that DNA is 100% foolproof. Unfortunately it’s not while DNA can help to solve crimes it could also cause more wrongful convictions because everyone’s genetic makeup is very similar it all comes down to repetition and if any error is made someone could go to jail for a crime they didn’t commit. This could also create problems when criminals who were convicted for misdemeanors try to return to the work force and are denied because of past issues.
Many believe that this is an overreaching of the government and is straying from the democratic values of the country. Some people have stretched as far to say that with the new resources the government would shift to more totalitarian views and begin to force these views on its people. This would create corruption and create distrust among many Americans. If this is instituted this could also open up the records of children and the mentally ill who have committed prior offences and invade their privacy by outing bad moments in their past that they have tried to