The exoneration was the result of newly discovered evidence found as part of a dual investigation by the Innocence Project and the New York County District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Integrity Program that proves Ruiz’s innocence.
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How can we trust technology to provide vital evidence if we can’t interrogate how it produced that evidence in the first place?
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A Pennsylvania judge Friday put a freeze on a new state police policy regarding sales of partially manufactured gun frames that can be made into working pistols and rifles.
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A U.S. attorney in Tennessee is joining other federal and state attorneys who are urging Congress to extend an order that criminalizes possession of the dangerous opioid fentanyl and related substances.
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As part of his anti-gang push, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants prosecutors to be able to charge crimes across multiple counties and to be able to seek the death penalty for murders committed during gang activity.
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After several mass shootings in the state in the past few years, Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday the implementation of a training program to spot potential mass shooters.
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Criminals sometimes damage their mobile phones in an attempt to destroy evidence. Now, researchers at NIST have tested how well these forensic methods work.
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According to a doctoral thesis completed by Nadia Valentina Tapia Navarro, victims of mass atrocities are often portrayed as disempowered, passive, defenceless and docile in discourses pertaining to international law.
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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim's brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the Herculaneum archaeology site said.
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The Justice Department has awarded grants totaling more than $145 million to fund crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic research and help law enforcement identify missing persons.
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