A few weeks ago, Mallett called McKinley’s now-adult son, Tim—who he has never met—to let him know they arrested a man for the alleged murder of his mother 35 years ago.
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His murder conviction rested largely on bloodstain-pattern analysis, a technique still in use throughout the criminal justice system, despite concerns about its reliability.
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A team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered that a large number of cell phone applications contain hardcoded secrets allowing others to access private data or block content provided by users.
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Authorities say they've identified two women who were found dead in separate cases in central Ohio more than two decades ago.
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As co-directors of the Talking Lab, Dickinson and Lytle have been working to finish a three-year study on tele-forensic interviewing– a process that involves eliciting eyewitness testimony from children using tele-technology.
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Researchers, for the first time, employed the CMPS method to examine deformed bullets. The team fired 57 bullets with varying degrees of fragmentation from the same 9 mm pistol into a water tank.
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A team of scientists at Dongguk University has developed an innovative policing system named "Googi" by integrating three main areas of their research.
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Gun-owner rights organizations have asked the federal government to end the debate nationwide over whether gun shops can remain open despite growing stay-at-home orders aimed at reducing the spread of the coronavirus.
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The NYPD has used a variation of facial recognition technology for almost a decade, but there has been increasing opposition in the last few years, especially recently after a report was published linking Clearview AI, a controversial, startup facial recognition company, with members of the NYPD.
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The American Federation of Government Employees is calling on BOP Director Michael Carvajal to stop the transport of untested inmates during the coronavirus pandemic.
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