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Rutgers-Camden Spearheads Launch of New Jersey Innocence Project
June 25, 2021
New Jersey residents who have been wrongly convicted of crimes and seek exoneration have a new resource: the New Jersey Innocence Project, based at Rutgers University-Camden, which focuses the expertise of Rutgers faculty in law, forensic science, criminal justice, and social work. read more
3,000-Year-Old Remains Show Oldest Known Shark Attack
June 25, 2021
Using a combination of archaeological science and forensic techniques, an international research team has carefully recreated what happened. read more
Man Exonerated in 1994 Murder, Gunned Down Outside Chicago
June 25, 2021
One of four men convicted and later cleared of the 1994 rape and murder of a Chicago woman has been shot to death, the Cook County medical examiner’s office revealed Wednesday. read more
The Role of Automatic Speaker Recognition in the Investigative Process
June 23, 2021
These systems are trained to extract the unique properties of a person’s voice automatically from an audio recording and return a statistical probability that the speaker’s voice is the same as the voice extracted from a different audio recording. read more
UK Police Force First to Use DNA to Tackle Dog Thefts
June 23, 2021
DNA Protected uses a DNA marker system that has been developed for forensic analysis to help investigate criminal cases involving the theft of dogs. read more
Digital Forensics Student on Pace to be on 1st U.S. Cyber Team
June 23, 2021
Cameron Whitehead is on track to become a member of the first U.S Cyber Team to represent the nation in the inaugural International Cyber Security Challenge later this year in Athens, Greece. read more
Update to National Testing Recommendations for Drug-impaired Driving
June 23, 2021
An update to the National Safety Council's Alcohol, Drugs and Impairment Division's (NSC-ADID) recommendations for toxicology testing in impaired driving and motor vehicle fatalities has just been released. read more
DNA Match Leads to Arrest in 2007 Sexual Battery
June 23, 2021
In March 2020, the case was re-examined to assess the potential utilization of genetic genealogy testing to identify a suspect. read more
New Synthetic Opioid is 20x More Potent than Fentanyl
June 21, 2021
A novel synthetic opioid that is ~20x more potent than fentanyl has been linked to 8 overdose deaths across 5 states in the last month, according to the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE). read more
UK Opens Forensic Science Center of Excellence After Critical Report
June 21, 2021
The new facilities are considered vital in boosting the role science plays in the criminal justice system, enabling the transfer of the latest leading academic knowledge to criminal investigators and training the next generation of forensic scientists. read more
Mexico Confirms Bone Fragment Matches Missing Student
June 21, 2021
Mexican authorities said last week they have fully confirmed the match between a bone fragment and a student missing since 2014. read more
First Evidence that Plague Victims Were Buried Individually with Care
June 21, 2021
By studying DNA from the teeth of individuals who died at this time, researchers from the After the Plague project, have identified the presence of Yersinia Pestis, the pathogen that causes plague. read more
NY Filmmakers Explore Circles of Surveillance
June 21, 2021
Together with artist Sean Vegezzi, Laura Poitras puts viewers outside an NYPD outpost in Queens used by the Technical Assistance Response Unit, whose role is to monitor political protests. read more
NDIS Match IDs Kidnapping, Sexual Assault Suspect After 37 Years
June 18, 2021
Officers discovered the person has been abducted and sexually assaulted. Evidence, including DNA, was collected on scene and by medical personnel at the University of Connecticut Medical Center. read more
Police Arrest Suspect in 1972 Murder of 15-Year-Old Girl
June 18, 2021
Julie Ann Hanson was reported missing on July 8, 1972. Her body was discovered later that same day in a field in Naperville near 87th Street and Modaff Road. She had been stabbed multiple times. read more
Deception Bill Passes in Oregon, Banning Police from Lying to Youth During Interrogations
June 18, 2021
On Tuesday, Oregon became the second state to pass legislation prohibiting law enforcement officers from using deception while interrogating people under the age of 18. read more
Cannabis Legalization and Link to Increase in Fatal Collisions
June 18, 2021
Legalization of recreational cannabis may be associated with an increase in fatal motor vehicle collisions based on data from the United States, and authors discuss the implications for Canada in an analysis. read more
Forensic Analysis of Mobile Phone Glass with SEM, EDS and Micro-CT
June 18, 2021
The identification of unknown particles by comparison of scanning electron microscopy - energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) data to reference materials is valuable because it provides fast results describing particle composition and morphology with limited sample preparation. read more
28 Bodies Unearthed at Possible Tulsa Race Massacre Burial Site, Including Women, Infants
June 16, 2021
In the two weeks they have been back on site, forensic anthropologists and other researchers have more than doubled the number of graves and bodies found in the search for unidentified victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. read more
Forensic Professor Pioneers Animal Cruelty Investigation Program
June 16, 2021
Virginia Maxwell is a leader in the field of investigating animal cruelty, and she has developed a new online graduate certificate that is among the only such programs in the country. read more