Senate OKs DNA plan, but black lawmakers split

Wider collection of DNA samples from anyone charged with a violent crime tentatively passed the Maryland Senate on Tuesday.

But seven of the 10 African-American senators voted against the measure despite concessions they won from Gov. Martin O?Malley on a key component of his anti-crime agenda. Many black lawmakers said O?Malley?s proposal had potential to create another kind of racial profiling, with little knowledge of how genetic information could be used in the future.