Despite travel bans and other COVID-19 restrictions, the small team at Vietnam’s wildlife forensic lab has been bolstering police efforts to crack down on illegal trafficking, with support from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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Virginia Beach police used forged documents that linked people’s DNA to a crime to get them to confess or cooperate with investigators, Virginia’s outgoing attorney general announced this week.
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A $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice was recently awarded to the Cuyahoga County Crime Gun Intelligence Center.
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SIDS is unlike most other causes of death medical examiners identify. For one, there is still not a common set of diagnostic features that indicate SIDS. Even at autopsy, there are no pathognomonic markers of the fatal event.
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The AFP has been carefully testing and assessing MPS to ensure its accuracy, prior to any use in forensic investigations. This validation for use in forensic analysis is an Australian first for law enforcement.
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The study found a large and significant reduction in recidivism rates across racial groups among those who participated in the program.
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High court juries can detect when someone is lying even when they're wearing a face mask, according to new research analysis.
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Alabama authorities are investigating after former NFL player Glenn Foster Jr. died in custody following a high-speed chase that resulted in his arrest and then a fight involving officers in the county jail where he was being held.
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A data point will not stop a bullet, but evidence-based research grounded in reliable science is a proven pathway for addressing the gun violence crisis in the United States.
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SmartTag uses a pressurized canister to deploy a stream of SmartWater forensic liquid to tag an offender with a unique forensic code. This can be used by the police to link back to a specific criminal incident.
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