DNA so dangerous that it doesn’t exist in nature has been given its first useful role – keeping innocent people out of jail. Several sequences of DNA not found in nature – probably bec... Read more
On February 26, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Maryland v. King, which presents the question of whether the Fourth Amendment permits the warrantless collection of DNA from people... Read more
We are very concerned about SB 243, which would allow for the first time the taking of DNA from anyone arrested but not yet convicted of a crime in Nevada. We stand in strong opposition to s... Read more
More than a quarter-century since Florida became the first state to use Now it’s the U.S. Supreme Court’s turn to hear, and hopefully settle, the issue. On Tuesday, February 26, lawyers for... Read more
The Council for Responsible Genetics has filed a landmark brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of State of Maryland v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr. challenging, on racial justice g... Read more
British police bosses have ordered officers not to demand DNA samples from gay men who are only guilty of victimless sex crimes. Police around the country are currently collecting DNA... Read more
Over the last decade, the use of DNA tests to solve crimes has seen a significant rise in crime investigation in India. But forensic experts warn that the absence of standard practices, qual... Read more
The Forensic Genetics Policy Intiative (FGPI), a project of the Council for Responsible Genetics, GeneWatch UK and Privacy International, is an international project to raise awareness of th... Read more
A new version of a draft law that proposed to set up a national DNA fingerprint database of criminals, including rapists, murderers and kidnappers, plans to substantially expand the type of... Read more
The government plans to introduce a bill in Parliament that aims to create a pool of “DNA profiles” of “offenders” as part of efforts to make crime detection more eff... Read more