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.
