UK: Police demand DNA samples from gay men: Men convicted of victimless homosexual offences three decades ago are threatened with arrest if they refuse to provide samples for the national DNA database

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Men convicted of victimless homosexual offences three decades ago are threatened with arrest if they refuse to provide samples for the national DNA database.

The convictions were under a "gross indecency" law that has now been abolished.

See: Full article (New Statesman)

See also: "Operation Nutmeg": Cold case hope as police set out to collect 12,000 DNA samples (BBC News, link)

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