JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri lawmaker wants to expand the kinds of criminal suspects from whom police collect samples of DNA.
DNA samples are now taken from people 17 and older who are arrested on suspicion of violent felonies, sex offenses or burglary.
A bill by Republican Sen. Matt Bartle of Lee's Summit would add robbery suspects to that group.
Bartle says DNA samples collected under a law that took effect last August already have helped police solve old crimes.
The samples are supposed to be discarded if charges are dropped or never filed. They're also discarded if a suspect is tried and found not guilty.
Critics have raised privacy concerns about forcing suspects to provide DNA.
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