Rhode Island’s DNA sampling bill, passed overwhelmingly by lawmakers in 2014 and signed into law by the then Governor Lincoln Chafee, expands the criteria for collecting DNA and entering it on state and federal databases. Up until the new law, D... Read more
The DNA Profiling Bill looks to legalize the collection and analysis of DNA samples for forensic purposes and the creation of a national database in India. The Bill was developed further by an expert committee following widespread concerns about... Read more
Kuwait has become the only county in the world to make DNA testing mandatory for the whole population, including citizens and foreign residents. People who refuse to give samples will spend one year in jail and a fine of up to USD33,000. Those w... Read more
The FBI has notified crime labs across the country that it has discovered errors in data used by forensic scientists in thousands of cases to calculate the chances that DNA found at a crime scene matches a particular person, several people famil... Read more
Britain’s highest court has ruled the indefinite retention of DNA profiles from convicted adults is not a breach of their right to privacy. The Supreme Court ruled in the case of Northern Irish drink driver Fergus Gaughran, who challenged the po... Read more
Zambian President Edgar Lungu said the launch of the country’s high-tech deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) machine will result in criminal cases to be resolved faster and more conclusively, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Friday. The DNA machine, bo... Read more
A parenting support group aligned to the governing People’s National Party (PNP) has made a proposal that it believes may deter men who rape and molest underage girls. The Family and Parenting Committee of the PNP wants the government to explo... Read more
Thailand’s military government has introduced a new strategy to curb the insurgency that has rumbled on in the country’s jungle-blanketed deep south for more than a decade: DNA swabbing. The government has been widely panned for mish... Read more
Michael Usry, a young New Orleans filmmaker, has a flair for the macabre. His award-winning output includes titles like “Murderabilia,” a dark production that spotlights the trade in collectibles related to real-life killings and other violent c... Read more
A court in Thailand has ordered that DNA and other physical evidence allegedly linking Burmese migrant workers to the murder of two British backpackers should be independently checked, a move the suspects’ lawyers said could help ensure a fair t... Read more