New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a red-flag gun bill that will allow state district courts to order the temporary surrender of firearms, and she urged sheriffs to resign if they still refuse to enforce it.
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Camp UTM, a week-long program in the summer that caters to youth aged nine to 13, teaches children about forensic techniques through hands-on activities like dusting for fingerprints.
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Over the past 10 years, more than 26,000 law enforcement officers and crime scene personnel have enhanced their expertise in crime scene investigation, death investigation and evidence management, thanks to the Texas Forensic Science Academy.
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The Massachusetts Judiciary Committee took up a bill proposed by a state senator that would explicitly allow law enforcement to use familial DNA searching in the investigation of violent cold cases.
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Detectives have never given up working on this homicide, and finally got a break in the case. Baby Michael’s DNA was sent to Bode Technology, who specializes in forensic genealogy services, for comparison.
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The non-profit, world-renowned Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) has been nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its commitment to the applied sciences and victim justice.
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A once-standout U.S. federal narcotics agent known for spending lavishly has been arrested on charges of conspiring to launder money with the same Colombian drug cartel he was supposed to be fighting.
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The young woman who walked into an emergency room in Milwaukee began her journey about 12 hours earlier, at a Chicago-area hospital, more than 90 miles away. She had been raped
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After ProPublica’s reporting last year, scientists at UC Berkeley tested one of the FBI Lab’s photo analysis techniques, identifying bluejeans by the pattern on their seams, and found flaws that challenge the method’s reliability.
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Personal contact between police officers and citizens encourages a positive attitude about the country's central authority because such relationships provide information and facilitate social bonds.
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