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New ICM Poll: 60% oppose 42 days, 74% say no DNA records for the innocent
Just in advance of the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust have released a new poll commissioned from ICM. The points that jump out at me on a rapid reading are
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The nuggets are:
- 60% of people think that 28 days is plenty of time to hold people without trial.
- 93% believe DNA profiles should be kept permanently for serious violent or sexual crimes.
- 74% of people think DNA records should not be kept at all, or only for a limited time, for those who are innocent.
I find this encouraging, but further questions arise for the future - notably that of innocent people who are placed on the sex offenders register.
This is the full text of the Press Release.
John Major on the Threat to our Liberties
John Major has published a seminal article in the Times yesterday in advance of the “42-day detention without trial” vote.
I’m taking the unusual step of reproducing it in its entirety; I hope on this occasion that The Times or Sir John don’t mind.
