Robert Schueren shook my hand firmly, handed me his business card, and flipped it over, revealing a short list of letters and numbers. “Here is my DNA profile.” He smiled.... Read more
Britain is to share its DNA data with European police forces next year in a move that threatens to reignite concerns of eurosceptics over EU justice and policing measures. The compromise agr... Read more
A forensic scientist’s conclusions in the case of a man accused of murdering two teenage girls 37 years ago are “misguided, unjustified and positively misleading”, a court... Read more
When DNA evidence began appearing in U.S. courtrooms in the late 1980s, it was heralded as the greatest leap forward in criminal investigation since fingerprinting. In the following decades,... Read more
A second DNA test will be conducted on two Burmese men accused of killing a pair of British tourists in Thailand amid fears the suspects may have been framed, the Thai premier said today. Za... Read more
Ottawa is one step closer to creating a DNA-based national missing-persons tool it says will assist coroners and police in solving cases and identifying human remains – a victory for familie... Read more
India’s top court on Wednesday said DNA tests on a child can be ordered to prove the infidelity of its mother, which rights groups say will set a dangerous precedent in the country. Ac... Read more
On Sept. 8, my client Jamie Peterson walked out of a jail in Kalkaska, exonerated by DNA after 17 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit. The DNA testing not only excluded P... Read more
New South Wales police are collecting DNA samples from thousands of criminals with spent convictions to help solve cold cases and future crimes. Police are planning to take a further 2,000 s... Read more
Ohio lawmakers should revisit a flawed 2011 Ohio law that requires that DNA be collected from all adults arrested — but not yet convicted — for felony crimes. Recent reported inc... Read more