The University of New England’s three-year grant to educate and train nurses to become Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) has been renewed for another three years.
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The Springfield Police Department announced they have completely cleared out their backlog, leaving zero untested sexual assault kits in their inventory.
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A research team has published the genome sequence of a unique individual from Islamic medieval Spain; the results of which have shed light on a brutal event that took place.
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Although he is now deceased, Samuel Little is considered a prime suspect in the death of Clara Birdlong.
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The use of GPS-equipped ankle monitors is increasingly viewed as a more humane alternative to incarceration, yet a new report finds they cause many of the same harms associated with traditional incarceration.
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An update by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) to its vision and mission statement has spurred a broader conversation about language, inclusivity and room for growth.
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After testifying in the murder trial of George Floyd, Maryland has assembled a team to review in-custody death determinations made by medical examiner David Fowler.
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All three of the forensic service laboratories of the Idaho State Police were recently reaccredited for another 4-year cycle by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA).
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After the most promising compounds were identified using a parallel effort involving computational modeling and medicinal chemistry, the best candidates were evaluated in several biochemical assays.
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A male DNA profile was developed from a cigarette butt and semen stain on a blanket, which were at the crime scene.
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