The visit to the United States is part of an effort to provide Mexican medical examiners with insights into using insects for toxicology screenings, particularly focusing on synthetic drugs like fentanyl.
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Seizures by law enforcement officials of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, have increased by 369% since 2017, a new study shows.
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Black women in the U.S were, on average, six times more likely to be murdered than their white peers for the years 1999 through 2020, according to an analysis of racial disparities in U.S. homicide rates released by Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
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Black adults across the United States suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black individuals killed by police during police encounters, according to a new study.
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In 1979, evidence connected the two cases, but the person responsible remained a mystery.
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In a new study, researchers outline the development of a first-of-its-kind, handheld electrochemical sensor that can accurately detect fentanyl in urine within seconds.
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The discovery of a candidate was brought about by the combination of family tree research and the presence of unique circumstantial details observed by the students.
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Because the DNA in ancient bones is highly fragmented, researchers employed special techniques to isolate and sequence the DNA, all of it mitochondrial DNA that is inherited solely from the mother.
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These examples underscore the need for collaboration across an investigation’s life cycle, so investigators and prosecutors have a full understanding of the evidence’s value to a case.
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Upon being entered into CODIS, the suspect profile matched another suspect’s DNA profile from a 1975 unsolved homicide with the Westminster Police Department.
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A new senate bill in Missouri, sponsored by Senator Nick Schroer (R-Mo.), could regulate the use of informants in criminal cases.
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Last year, a total of 29 states and Puerto Rico introduced 58 bills aligned with Joyful Heart’s six pillars of legislative reform to count, test, and track rape kits, and grant rights to survivors.
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The program consists of distributing child ID kits to families of first-graders throughout the state through sheriff’s offices and schools. Families can then complete the kits and have them on hand should a child in their care ever go missing.
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After 35 years, police in Prince Edward Island, Canada have made an arrest in the chilling 1988 murder of a gay man that had the island’s LGBTQ+ community living in fear after the suspect hinted there would be more victims.
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Twenty years ago, defendants attacked DNA by saying a match was just similar to their own. Now, DNA profiling is so sensitive that the challenge has shifted from who to when: "It’s my DNA, but I deposited it a year ago, not yesterday when the crime happened."
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