FC: Germany weighs mandatory DNS testing for all men

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://foxnews.com/world/031701/germany_palkot.sml
   
   Child's Murder in Germany Prompts Debate Over Mandatory DNA Testing   
   Saturday, March 17, 2001 By Greg Palkot
   
   The brutal murder of 12-year-old Ulrike Brandt, who went missing 
   from her hometown north of Berlin last month, sparked outrage 
   across Germany when her strangled and sexually abused body was 
   found by authorities...
      
   The emotional case sparked a wider debate when some politicians 
   called for all German men to submit to DNA testing to help find 
   the girl's killer, and prevent similar crimes in the future. 
   That call has been rejected by other leading officials, and 
   brought back for the some the terrible memories of Germany's 
   Nazi and Communist past, when individual rights were systemat
   ically disregarded...
   
   This new proposal has a much wider potential impact, however, 
   and could theoretically involve 41 million people.
   
   Supporters have promised to push their case. "I am ready to go 
   very far with legislation," Norbert Geis, legal spokesman for 
   Germany's CDU/CSU opposition coalition told Fox News, "in order 
   to catch sexual offenders against children."

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