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Governor on hot seat over DNA-sample law

The Arizona Daily Star

PHOENIX — Gov. Janet Napolitano defended her signing of legislation that allows, for the first time ever, the collection of DNA of people only accused of crimes and putting it into a statewide database.

Napolitano said Wednesday privacy concerns are over-blown. She said putting DNA on file is no more intrusive than the fingerprints already taken when people are arrested.

But that assessment is not shared by several legislators of both parties who said this is a major change in state policy, and one that should not have been pushed through as part of the $10.6 billion budget deal — but rather as separately debated legislation.

Posted by Editor at June 21, 2007 07:24 AM

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