Make DNA testing compulsory of every deceased person to solve unsolved crimes

Make DNA testing compulsory of every deceased person to solve unsolved crimes — 120 signatures. Status: closed.

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New law: • DNA mouth swab taken from every person who dies • Checked once against unsolved crimes • No match = destroyed immediately • Cost paid by the Government • Could solve thousands of cold cases • Put victims first

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I bring this petition because too many families still suffer in silence after unsolved murders, rapes and disappearances. Parents can wait a lifetime to bury their child; children grow old without answers. Every year offenders die peacefully while victims’ families are denied the truth. A simple DNA swab taken after death — potentially costing pennies — could finally give them closure. We feel this is basic British fairness: putting grieving victims first.

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