Earlier this year, Maryland’s highest court held that collection of DNA samples from people arrested but not yet convicted violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable se... Read more
DNA analysis, ethical tribunals and diplomatic pressure are the new instruments that migrants’ organisations are wielding to combat the abuses suffered by undocumented migrants in Mexico and... Read more
Police in Maryland can resume collecting DNA from suspects charged — but not yet convicted — in violent crimes, and the U.S. Supreme Court might be inclined to let them do so permanently. U.... Read more
Changes intended to include more people in New York’s DNA database of criminals has taken effect. New York is now collecting DNA samples from everyone convicted of a felony or penal mi... Read more
GE Healthcare Life Sciences, a business unit of GE Healthcare and NetBio, a leading provider of technologies for the emerging field of Rapid DNA Analysis, announced today an alliance to comm... Read more
The Supreme Court signaled on Monday that it may review whether law enforcement officials may collect DNA samples from people who have been accused, but not convicted, of serious crimes. Chi... Read more
An appellate panel should limit the scope of California’s Proposition 69, which authorized DNA collection of anyone arrested on suspicion of a felony. In 2004 California voters approve... Read more
A federal appeals court decided to take another look at a California law that requires DNA samples to be taken from anyone arrested for a felony, not just after a conviction. A panel... 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