Born To Be Jailed
A team of Harvard scientists is proposing a DNA database to identify criminals through family genetic records. Currently, the FBI's DNA database can only match individuals. Minor modifications would allow family matches.
A 1996 survey conducted by the Department of Justice found that 46 percent of prisoners had close relatives who either were or had been jailed, lending credence to the old saw that the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Given that, it would make sense to charge criminal families a higher tax rate to pay for the future incarceration of their progeny and higher insurance premiums to compensate for their projected illegal activities. While we're at it, genetically law-abiding families could deny those with criminal relatives jobs on the basis that they'd represent a business risk. This, of course, would hasten their entry into the criminal justice system, which needs more and more prisoners if it is to keep growing.
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