When Government Lies: Your DNA Is On The Line
Rose Connors writes on The Cape Cod Voice:
In February, 2005, District Attorney Michael O’Keefe was asked what would become of DNA collected in the now-infamous Truro sweep.More here.
“It will be destroyed,” he promised.
It wasn’t, says the state’s crime lab where the samples were sent.
On November 21, 2006, O’Keefe’s office issued a press release informing “anyone who voluntarily gave a DNA sample” during “the so-called DNA Sweep” that it could be retrieved “by calling the District Attorney’s office … and indicating whether you would like to come in or have it mailed to a particular address.”
The clear implication was that the DA’s office had physical custody of the specimens. It didn’t, the state lab reported a year later.
The DA’s press release went on to state that samples unclaimed after December 20, 2006, “will be destroyed at an appropriate facility.”
They weren’t, the lab disclosed.
Hat-tip: Rich
posted by Fergie @ 6/09/2008 11:01:00 PM
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