The DNA database promised seven years ago should be operational by the end of the year, justice officials have said. Legislation creating the database passed all stages of the Oireachtas yes... Read more
A bill before the Rhode Island General Assembly would give law enforcement sweeping new powers to collect DNA from people placed under arrest. The legislature should refine this measure, whi... Read more
State police will destroy electronic data containing the profile of a former Provincetown man’s DNA that was collected during a highly publicized murder investigation, according to a s... Read more
GOVERNMENT is moving towards creating a proper deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) database with law enforcement officers first in line and mandated under law to provide tissue samples as the State... Read more
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission designate (IHREC designate) today published the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC’s) observations on the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evi... Read more
A Government proposal which would allow the taking of DNA samples for “mass screening” of certain “classes”of individuals should be prohibited, the national human rights watchdog has said. T... Read more
An Anne Arundel County man who was found guilty of a burglary based in part on DNA evidence asked a state appellate court Thursday to throw out his conviction, arguing that police improperly... Read more
National security minister Peter Bunting has given the clearest indication yet that the long-promised DNA bill may not be enacted anytime soon and may not be operationalised this legi... Read more
In a legislative session filled with controversy and tension, one bill made it through the legislature without one dissenting vote. Senate Bill 1240a, written by Republican Senator Jim Rice,... Read more
A federal appeals court says California can continue to enforce its voter-approved DNA law, which requires police to take genetic samples of anyone arrested for a felony. But — to the relief... Read more