Through a combination of laboratory accountability measures, lab robotics, rapid DNA, lean six-sigma efficiencies and the hiring of additional forensic scientists, the Illinois State Police have achieved a 33% overall reduction in the Biology/DNA forensic backlog.
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Tulsa will resume test excavations of potential unmarked graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre after the effort was halted in March because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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More than 150 Minneapolis police officers are filing work-related disability claims after the death of George Floyd and ensuing unrest, with about three-quarters citing post-traumatic stress disorder as the reason for their planned departures.
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An algorithm developed by BU computer scientists defends original images by counterattacking attempts at deepfake manipulation, distorting the files so that they cannot be used nefariously.
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While previous studies have found that a history of adverse events and psychological trauma, including sexual trauma, are associated with self-reported asthma, links with other respiratory problems have not been examined.
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Faith in eyewitnesses runs so deep that despite the overwhelming proof of Grant’s innocence, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused his exoneration request.
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As a result of eliminating Virginia’s untested kit backlog: 2,665 kits were tested, 851 DNA profiles have been uploaded into CODIS and 354 hits have been sent to law enforcement agencies for further investigation.
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Making all court records open and available will allow researchers to systematically study and evaluate the U.S. justice system, yielding information with potential to direct policy.
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COPLINK X is the latest evolution of Forensic Logic's groundbreaking search technology that normalizes the disparate universe of law enforcement data types.
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Prosecutors in Iowa have filed a rarely used leak charge against Black Lives Matter protesters accused of stealing a confidential police document and displaying it during a television news broadcast.
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