Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he plans to revive a proposal to require police to collect DNA samples from suspects upon arrest in at least some felony and sex cases in his next state budget.... Read more
Men living in the Cuffe Parade and Colaba area, particularly those with long hair and beards, are running scared. The reason: post the murder and rape of two minor girls, the police have bee... Read more
The privatisation of forensic testing in Britain is leading to catastrophic failures and potential miscarriages of justice, the pioneer of mass DNA profiling has warned. In a damning indictm... Read more
Over the last few years, we’ve been battling laws that require a person arrested to give a DNA sample as part of the routine booking process. The law makes this DNA collection a... Read more
Ever hear the phrase "slippery slope"? We're on one here, folks. And that's exactly what critics of expanded DNA sampling have been warning about. Read more
The major blunder that sent detectives on the Gareth Williams inquiry down a blind alley for more than a year is the second embarrassment admitted this month by Britain’s biggest priva... Read more
A proposal for an Australia-wide DNA database is building momentum, a 7News report has revealed. The idea for a genetic profiling registry is supported by Police Minister Michael Gallacher,... Read more
A new law permits police to get genetic samples from almost anyone convicted of any crime in New York state. Collecting DNA data is not, in itself, necessarily problematic, and indeed has th... Read more
FIST exchanges and the hurling of obscenities among spouses who have obtained their tests after undergoing Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests are now a thing of the past. In fact, there is a... Read more
The Police Chiefs of the East African Community (EAC) Partner States have overwhelmingly supported an EAC initiative to set up a Regional Referral Forensic Centre (RRFC) to tame crime. The P... Read more