An NHS Trust has apologised for “inexcusable failings” at a sexual assault referral centre in London after complaints that samples were not sent to forensic laboratories for DNA... Read more
Victims of a crime tell CBS 12 they feel like the Riviera Beach Police Department treated them like the actual criminals. Three days before Christmas, a single mom with five children says he... Read more
Recently, there has been a series of discussions in the media concerning the need for DNA legislation and a DNA database. These discussions were sparked by two publications in The Sunday Gle... Read more
The Supreme Court erred grievously this year when it permitted Maryland police to collect DNA samples from people who had been arrested and charged with serious crimes — samples that could t... Read more
Lily Haskell was arrested while attending a peace rally in San Francisco in March 2009. Police took her fingerprints and swabbed the inside of her cheek to collect a sample of Haskell’... Read more
Drivers in St. Charles County, MO were asked to take part in a government survey that involved the odd request of blood and saliva samples. One driver who emailed News 4 said a deputy and ot... Read more
Armed with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a federal appeals court on Monday will revisit a controversial legal challenge to California’s law allowing collection of DNA samples fro... Read more
The crime lab technician mislabeled samples, using “the victim’s name instead of suspect’s name,” her evaluation said. Her supervisors disqualified her from testifying in court becaus... Read more
A family’s complaint that San Diego police illegally collected DNA samples from them has prompted the department to create a new system. Officials have devised a consent form to be signed by... 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