In addition to eliminating qualified immunity, this historic legislation will allow New Mexicans – including the wrongfully convicted – to recover damages from the government.
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What pops into your head when you think of automation? Was increased throughput the only thing? The ability to process more samples at once is certainly a plus, but that’s not where the automation story even begins.
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In February of 1988, a couple walking in Cheyenne, Wyoming came across a deceased infant in a culvert. An autopsy revealed that the child had air in his lungs and stomach, indicating the child had been born alive.
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Creating a multi-agency Metro Safe Streets Task Force came after much negotiation and a guarantee for set boundaries on Portland officers’ participation.
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The grisly discovery of a body on West Nottinghamshire College’s fields saw forensic teams in action gathering evidence for the police in March.
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The flightless kiwi is an iconic bird for New Zealanders, but all five species are threatened by habitat loss and introduced predators.
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The continually evolving technology behind DNA testing—combined with decreasing costs—has forced states to consider the genetic code of citizens inside House and Senate chambers much more often than in previous decades.
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The longtime suspect in the 25-year-old disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder and his father was booked in jail as an accessory to the crime.
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Saying the “misapplication of forensic science is the second most common contributing factor in wrongful convictions in the United States,” Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) has established a task force to strengthen the use of forensic science in her state.
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On Aug. 15, 1978, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call to investigate human remains found by loggers in a remote wooded area near the Village of Warrens in Wisconsin.
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