IP: Germany weighs mandatory DNS testing for all men

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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>http://foxnews.com/world/031701/germany_palkot.sml
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>    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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