May 2008 Newsletter

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If you’re not a criminal, could DNA profiling affect your life?

S.B. 430 Passed, Amending DNA Law

The GBI collects, analyzes, classifies, and files DNA1 results within 15 days of collection, then posts them in Georgia’s databank, linked to CODIS2, the FBI’s National DNA Index System. The GBI obtains DNA profiles from blood, oral swabs and other biologic samples taken from (a) suspects after they’re convicted of specific sex crimes3, (b) convicted felons within 30 days of incarceration or (c) within 12 months preceding an inmate’s release from a state correctional facility4. Also swabbed are (d) convicted criminals that accept probation instead of jail terms. Georgia does not do DNA profiles on suspects that are acquitted or whose charges are dropped.

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April 2008 Newsletter

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Passed: S.R. 827 Urges U.S. Withdrawal from SPP/NAU

S.R. 827 passed and should be applauded by everyone because it addresses an issue that affects the very existence of the U.S. as a separate and independent sovereign nation, with federal and state constitutions and laws that make it unique. Senator Nancy Schaefer's S.R. 124 introduced in 2007 failed to pass. It, also, urged Congress to stop merging Mexico, Canada and the U.S. into one country - a North American Union - to operate as the European Union operates.

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March 28, 2008 Newsletter

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On December 31, 1999 the U.S. flag over the Panama Canal was lowered for the last time.

On January 1, 2000, China took control of the Panama Canal.

China, Georgia's Solicited Partner in Trade

Background. S.R. 225, introduced by Senator Sam Zamarippa, passed the Georgia Senate on April 8, 2003. It created "The Georgia-China Future" to study and strategize about a business framework to increase trade with China through a public private forum that would analyze the situation and recommend the best course of action. Initiative members met three times at GSU's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies where the 300 attendees at the first meeting heard executives from some of Georgia's leading businesses discuss trade with China.

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