Breakthrough in forensic science helps Utah police arrest suspect in decades-old cold case
In Part One, 2News reported on a 52-year-old cold case where police arrested and charged the only living suspect in the 1972 ...
Explaining forensic science in court with comics
Imagine being summoned as a juror in a murder trial. The expert responsible for analyzing DNA traces at the crime scene has ...
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Explaining science in court with comics
DNA analysis, forensic ballistics, chemical and physical crime scene analysis, psychiatric and neurological assessments, and much more: in criminal trials, decisions often rely on complex scientific ...
Biometric Companies3d
Use of DNA phenotyping to solve crimes fraught with problems, critics say
The criminal investigation tool is said to offer the potential to predict an individual's physical appearance based solely on ...
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Bill Would Open Post-Conviction DNA Testing To More Wyoming Felons
A bill is moving through the Wyoming Legislature to give access to post-conviction DNA testing to more Wyoming felons. The ...
DNA brings Florida murder victim back to her Arkansas family 40 years later
"Who was Judy Doe?" That question had haunted sheriff's investigators in Lake County, Fla., since a body was discovered there in 1984. The answer, officials announced on Jan. 29, was Rebecca Sue Hill, ...
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Calaveras Cold Case Task Force identifies ‘new’ victim of Wilseyville serial killers
A team of experts using modern DNA and forensic science to give a name to victims of violent crime positively identified and ...
Nuclear DNA evidence in alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's case should be admissible at trial, Suffolk DA's Office says
The office argues nuclear DNA science is "generally accepted" within the scientific community and "based upon technology that ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
Going Behind the Scenes With ‘Forensic Science on Trial’
Forensic Science on Trial is currently on view in the museum's Albert H. Small Documents Gallery, located in the east wing of ...
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DNA profiling could identify key players in illegal drug trade
DNA profiling technologies are rapidly advancing, creating the potential to identify individuals involved in making, packing and transporting illegal capsules by analyzing the exterior of the illicit ...
Consanguine marriages reduce genetic diversity, pose challenge in forensic DNA analysis: Study
The study titled “Consanguine Marriage leads to Hierarchical Imbalance of ABO and STR Frequency and affects the Genetic ...
DNA 'fingerprints' of drug-makers can be linked to capsules and packaging
DNA profiling technologies are rapidly advancing, creating the potential to identify individuals involved in making, packing and transporting illegal capsules by analyzing the exterior of the illicit ...