British police have almost 3 million DNA profiles on file, covering about 6 percent of the U.K.'s population.

• Author: Oliver, Charles
• Position: Brickbats - Brief article

British police have almost 3 million DNA profiles on file, covering about 6 percent of the U.K.'s population. But that's not enough for Dave Johnston, head of the Metropolitan Police's Homicide and Serious Crimes unit. He wants samples taken from all babies. "We have 300,000 unsolved cases where we have taken a...