Controversial plans to build a massive database that would be capable of storing every British citizen’s DNA records will be unveiled this week by the prime minister. David Cameron will announce a groundbreaking initiative designed to posi... Read more
Lawyers shocked that Damon Thibodeaux, victim of miscarriage of justice, was ever jailed Read more
Questions remain about whether a nationwide DNA database would help solve more crimes or simply be an ineffective drain on police resources Read more
On Nov. 1, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a startling — and unnecessary — opinion eroding DNA privacy for Ohio citizens. The court held that the Fourth Amendment does not protect an individual’s personal DNA profile. In the cour... 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 release the device globally in 2014, and sell it for roug... Read more
The Justice Ministry is teaming up with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a national DNA database to help police solve violent crimes. DNA samples in Thailand are currently collected on a case-by-case basis, with no nationa... Read more
The Justice Ministry is teaming up with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a national DNA database to help police solve violent crimes. DNA samples in Thailand are currently collected on a case-by-case basis, with no nationa... Read more
Uzbekistan will create a national DNA database to help track and fight crime, a spokesperson for the country’s Legislative Chamber told RIA Novosti Friday. The parliament is expected to formulate a law “on genetic registration,” which wil... Read more
Nearly 12 years after a woman’s skeletal remains were discovered in a Homestead tunnel, and three years after officials buried them in a North Strabane cemetery, authorities used an online DNA database to finally solve the mystery of the unident... Read more
The state has tapped the director of the Massachusetts forensic laboratory to run Connecticut’s troubled crime lab, which has struggled under one of the country’s biggest backlogs of crime-scene cases. Guy Vallaro’s appointment... Read more