IT’S being dubbed “molecular photofitting”: producing an image of a suspect’s face from DNA left at the crime scene. New research suggests that such reconstructions m... Read more
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday nixed a request for DNA testing of evidence gathered in the case of a man serving life in prison for shooting another man to death at an Omaha restaurant... Read more
Ontario’s police watchdog has launched a review of the DNA sampling practices of the Ontario Provincial Police after a complaint alleging racial profiling in the case of 100 migrant wo... Read more
Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos state chapter and Consultant Pathologist, Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja... Read more
In some Texas counties, it takes six months or longer to get DNA test results from the Department of Public Safety, says William Lee Hon, the Polk County criminal district attorney. Now, Mr.... Read more
NEC is currently working on a next-generation suitcase-sized DNA analyzer. Which it claims will be able to process disaster or crime-scene samples in just 25 minutes. The company plans to re... Read more
Forensic evidence is widely considered to be the result of purely objective lab tests, but there's growing proof that psychological bias plays a part Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold — at least for a week — a ruling by Maryland’s highest court that prohibits DNA collection from suspects charged but not yet convicted in violent crime... Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for prosecutors to use expert testimony about DNA laboratory reports at trial without allowing defendants to confront and question the forensic ana... Read more
When Terrill Swift was released from prison after serving 15 years for rape and murder, he sought DNA testing because he wanted to prove his innocence. Cook County prosecutors opposed his ef... Read more