Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he plans to revive a proposal to require police to collect DNA samples from suspects upon arrest in at least some felony and sex cases in his next state budget. Walker offered few details on the plan, including what... Read more
Men living in the Cuffe Parade and Colaba area, particularly those with long hair and beards, are running scared. The reason: post the murder and rape of two minor girls, the police have been picking up and taking DNA samples of such men to find... Read more
The privatisation of forensic testing in Britain is leading to catastrophic failures and potential miscarriages of justice, the pioneer of mass DNA profiling has warned. In a damning indictment of the new system of forensic testing, Professor Pe... Read more
Over the last few years, we’ve been battling laws that require a person arrested to give a DNA sample as part of the routine booking process. The law makes this DNA collection automatic and mandatory; law enforcement do not need a r... Read more
Ever hear the phrase "slippery slope"? We're on one here, folks. And that's exactly what critics of expanded DNA sampling have been warning about. Read more
The major blunder that sent detectives on the Gareth Williams inquiry down a blind alley for more than a year is the second embarrassment admitted this month by Britain’s biggest private forensic science laboratory. The latest error – desc... Read more
A proposal for an Australia-wide DNA database is building momentum, a 7News report has revealed. The idea for a genetic profiling registry is supported by Police Minister Michael Gallacher, who will put a proposal before the Council of Australia... Read more
A new law permits police to get genetic samples from almost anyone convicted of any crime in New York state. Collecting DNA data is not, in itself, necessarily problematic, and indeed has the potential to increase convictions of the guilty while... Read more
FIST exchanges and the hurling of obscenities among spouses who have obtained their tests after undergoing Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests are now a thing of the past. In fact, there is a decline of 47 percent in the number of children whose t... Read more
The Police Chiefs of the East African Community (EAC) Partner States have overwhelmingly supported an EAC initiative to set up a Regional Referral Forensic Centre (RRFC) to tame crime. The Police Chiefs expressed their support separately during... Read more