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The Atlanta Police Department learned earlier this year how virtual forms of evidence can not only be stolen, but wiped from existence, when ransomware attacks in March resulted in the loss of “years” of dashcam footage. And this is not the first time...
6.21.2018
1:46pm
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Sixteen-year-old Brendan Dassey's confession—seen by viewers nationwide as part of the Netflix series "Making a Murderer"—should never have been used to convict him, his lawyers say, and they're hoping the Supreme Court agrees to take his case. They say...
6.21.2018
10:35am
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Marijuana will be legal nationwide in Canada starting Oct. 17 in a move that should take market share away from organized crime and protect the country's youth, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.
6.21.2018
10:32am
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The mother of a 4-year-old boy whose naked body was found on a South Texas beach last year admitted to authorities that she beat him and denied him medical care after he suffered a head injury from running into a wall, then drove to Galveston in the...
6.21.2018
10:27am
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For the next 10 months, the Houston Forensic Science Center will outsource most of its DNA work to a private laboratory to play catch-up with a backlog of evidence.
6.20.2018
12:57pm
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A Monroe man jailed for life for murder is free for the first time in his adult life. Innocence Project New Orleans and Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights, in a news release, said Gerald Manning—now 59—Tuesday walked out of the Louisiana State...
6.20.2018
11:55am
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Researchers report in ACS Central Science that a new blood test, which could be performed at a crime scene, could help determine the age of a suspect or victim within just an hour.
6.20.2018
11:46am
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Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the Chicago Police Department relies on an error-plagued database that names up to 195,000 people as gang members, including many who have never been in a gang.
6.20.2018
11:37am
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A monthlong global operation against illegal trade in wildlife and timber has resulted in the seizure of thousands of live animals and tons of meat and ivory, international police agency Interpol announced on Wednesday.
6.20.2018
11:32am
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The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy was one that altered the course of history, 50 years ago this month. The first full medical review of the murder, published today in the Journal of Neurosurgery, reviews what has been called “the perfect autopsy.”
6.19.2018
1:43pm
