Williams’ conviction was overturned based on new DNA evidence in addition to faulty forensics, and police and prosecutorial misconduct.
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The San Diego Police Department has launched a new portal for survivors of sexual assault to securely track and receive updates regarding the status of their sexual assault evidence kit.
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Proving a sexual assault case in a courtroom often presents multiple challenges, but Research Assistant Professor Mike Marciano is working to help change that.
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ForenSeq Imagen uses single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that have been established by the leading laboratories in the forensic community for estimating phenotypic traits.
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On Monday, just over a month later, Ivy found himself in an eerily similar position. While the survivor standing next to him was a different woman, the suspect was the same—Frederick Fitzgerald Gandy.
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His attorneys had argued new science raised the possibility Chanthakoummane’s DNA could have been transferred to Walker’s fingernails without any direct contact between the two.
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Verogen CEO Brett Williams discusses the implications of the recently announced Verogen-Gene by Gene partnership and what users can expect to see going forward.
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Prosecutors charged a Weyauwega man with killing a woman and her boyfriend 30 years ago in apparent revenge for a snowmobile accident.
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A law passed on April 1, 2005 will have life-changing consequences for families across the UK from next year.
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Baltimore County police have processed DNA from 49 of about 1,800 remaining cases as of the first quarter of this year. Ten of the 49 cases yielded actionable DNA profiles.
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