Due to an extensive family tree, the Grundy County Coroner’s Office and DNA Doe Project are requesting the public’s assistance in helping to finally identify Jane Seneca Doe.
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Oregon, which was once among the hardest states for inmates to secure post-conviction DNA testing, has passed a new statute easing the limitations, effective the first day of 2020.
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An unidentified female found murdered in Brooks County in 1981 has been identified as Shirlene “Cheryl” Ann Hammack.
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New research has found a simple, structured conversation in the days leading up to a prisoner being released could dramatically turn their attitude and sense of belonging around.
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Of three possible ways for people to deliver the life-saving antidote naloxone to a person experiencing an opioid overdose, the use of a nasal spray was the quickest and easiest.
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On Wednesday, authorities released Kerry Robinson, 44, from Coffee Correctional Facility in Nicholls, Georgia, into the arms of his family and friends. Robinson served nearly 18 years in prison for a rape he did not commit.
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Researchers assessed the time trends in alcohol and marijuana detected in homicide victims and found that the prevalence of marijuana almost doubled, increasing from 22 percent in 2004 to 42 percent in 2016.
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One in three women and girls worldwide experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, most frequently by an intimate partner. But in Fiji, that figure rises to two in three, or 64.1 percent, the second highest rate in the world.
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In advance of the 2020 Election and responding to criticism from not only the 2016 Election but daily social media use as well, Facebook has taken its first steps toward combating manipulated media, commonly called “deepfakes.”
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Fresh on the heels of a proof-of-concept study that showed sweat can test an individual’s ethanol level, the Halámek Lab at University of Albany has done it again—this time with marijuana use.
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