A plan to require people facing trial for certain crimes to submit DNA samples to law enforcement has been rejected by the Oklahoma House, despite an emotional plea from the bill’s aut... Read more
In this week’s episode of “TechKnow,” we highlight the latest advances in forensic technology that are helping law enforcement agencies identify suspects and solve crimes with increasing acc... Read more
A Weibo post, widely circulated among netizens, has called for “supporting Gao Xiang’s proposal, as a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Con... Read more
The main ethical hurdle to establishing a universal forensic DNA database is cost, not civil liberties, Canterbury University ethicist Dr Carolyn Mason says. Addressing the New Zealand Bioet... Read more
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a review of a national DNA database, has identified nearly 170 profiles that probably contain errors, some the result of handwriting mistakes o... Read more
The burglar who stole $3,200 in lottery tickets, 56 packs of cigarettes and $56 left behind few clues: a broken window, a large rock and blood drops on a calculator and a food crate. The 201... Read more
Recently, there has been a series of discussions in the media concerning the need for DNA legislation and a DNA database. These discussions were sparked by two publications in The Sunday Gle... Read more
Lily Haskell was arrested while attending a peace rally in San Francisco in March 2009. Police took her fingerprints and swabbed the inside of her cheek to collect a sample of Haskell’... Read more
Armed with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a federal appeals court on Monday will revisit a controversial legal challenge to California’s law allowing collection of DNA samples fro... Read more
The interim cabinet of Bangladesh on Monday gave the final approval for the draft of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Act at its first meeting since it was formed to steer the country through the... Read more