- Convicted criminals who have been recently released from
jail in Victoria and refuse to provide DNA samples within 28 days face
arrest from today.
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- Under new state laws, criminals must submit to a mouth
swab, and if they do not, they will be restrained by police, and a nurse
will take a blood sample.
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- Police Minister Andre Haermeyer says the new powers will
help investigate unsolved crimes.
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- "It can help us bring a number of offenders in some
very serious crimes to justice and bring closure for the victims and the
families of the victims of those crimes," he said.
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- "But also it can relieve a lot of people who have
no connection with that crime from the weight of suspicion."
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- © 2002 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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- http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/vic/metvic-2sep2002-8.htm
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