A woman’s body is found in London. DNA turns up a hit, yet the suspect apparently died weeks before the alleged victim. Here, forensic scientist Dr Mike Silverman tells the story of on... Read more
The MTA is about to get a little more CSI. City bus drivers will soon be armed with DNA swabs to gather evidence in the all-too-common event of an unhinged passenger spitting on them. Transi... Read more
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission designate (IHREC designate) today published the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC’s) observations on the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evi... Read more
A Government proposal which would allow the taking of DNA samples for “mass screening” of certain “classes”of individuals should be prohibited, the national human rights watchdog has said. T... Read more
French authorities are testing the DNA of 527 students in a high school rape case. Don’t expect the same thing to happen in the U.S. any time soon French police ar... Read more
An Anne Arundel County man who was found guilty of a burglary based in part on DNA evidence asked a state appellate court Thursday to throw out his conviction, arguing that police improperly... Read more
National security minister Peter Bunting has given the clearest indication yet that the long-promised DNA bill may not be enacted anytime soon and may not be operationalised this legi... Read more
In a legislative session filled with controversy and tension, one bill made it through the legislature without one dissenting vote. Senate Bill 1240a, written by Republican Senator Jim Rice,... Read more
For the first time, the NSW Police Force has used DNA testing to screen its newest crop of 189 student police against its crime database. The screening at the police academy last Saturday co... Read more
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