More than 160 000 prisoners in South Africa will soon have their DNA samples collected and stored indefinitely in a database as part of the South African Police Service’s efforts to reduce crime. Head of forensic services Lieutenant-General Khom... Read more
Anybody who has watched a crime drama knows the trick. The cops need someone’s DNA, but they don’t have a warrant, so they invite the suspect to the station house, knowing some of the perp’s genetic material will likely be left behind. Bingo, cr... Read more
Detectives in the UK are expecting thousands of men to take part in mass DNA screening in the hope of solving the murder of grandmother Valerie Graves. Men aged 17 and over began attending the voluntary sessions at the Millstream hotel in Bosham... Read more
A number of police officers are refusing to give DNA samples to the national forensic institute NFI data bank, the Gelderlander newspaper reports on Friday. The paper says 300 out of over 1,200 detectives are refusing to voluntarily give their D... Read more
Say this for the Vermont Legislature: Sometimes it just won’t take “no” for an answer, even when it should know better. In 2009, the Legislature passed a law extending the requirement to provide DNA samples from only those convicted of felonies... Read more
Prof. Warnken Seeks Overturning of Client’s Rape Case, Hopes Justices Will Consider Implications of ‘Sweat Test’ University of Baltimore School of Law Associate Professor Byron L. Warnken has filed a request with the United Sta... Read more
Police in Windsor, Ont., have ordered hundreds of DNA testing kits and are going door-to-door in a residential neighbourhood — near where former prime Minister Paul Martin grew up — asking everyone to provide a blood sample to rule themselves ou... Read more
For the past five years, forensic scientists have been taking advantage of their ability to collect Touch DNA, small samples of DNA from evidence that has been handled by suspects. Items such as vehicle steering wheels, gun grips, door handles,... Read more
Forensic science standards risk slipping since work was transferred to in-house police labs and private firms, the spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office said there was too little data on forensic services used by forces and com... Read more
State police are looking into whether or not several of their forensic analysts cheated during a proficiency exam for new DNA test technology, technology that a local lawyer says shouldn’t be allowed in New York courts. Defense attorney Fr... Read more