Petition introduced in Parliament aimed at enacting legislation to create a DNA missing persons database and an unidentified human remains database. Read more
In a controversial move that threatens to increase the intrusion by the state into the lives of ordinary citizens, the UPA government is set to introduce a DNA Profiling Bill in the winter s... Read more
MAJOR criminal investigations, including the nationwide crackdown on burglars, are being hampered by the failure of successive governments to establish a DNA database. Senior investig... Read more
Staff at “over-stretched” forensic science laboratories face “burn-out” after an instruction by the Treasury for the police to cut back on hiring in the coming year. Lieutenant General Johan... Read more
Human error at a private forensic services lab is being blamed for DNA contamination that led to the wrong man facing trial for rape. Read more
As his defense lawyers were working to free Michael Morton from prison because of a wrongful conviction that raised questions of prosecutor misconduct, Austin police doctored a crime lab rep... Read more
One problem with DNA evidence is the danger of cross-contamination. Alarm bells must ring even more loudly, however, over the relationship between expert forensic staff at the Scottish Polic... Read more
A Virginia law, that allows police to collect your DNA if you are arrested for a violent crime, could be overturned. A Court of Appeals in Maryland has just declared a similar law unconstitu... Read more
The state has overemphasized collecting DNA samples from those arrested for crimes of violence to solve cases while not putting enough resources into gathering forensic evidence at crime sce... Read more
This week the Brazilian Congress approved Bill 2.458/2011, which regulates the collection and storage of genetic profiles from individuals for criminal investigations. It was an uncommonly f... Read more