Igor Lednev, a professor at University at Albany, has been pioneering the use of Raman spectroscopy for forensic analyses for more than a decade. In 2019, after 11 years of NIJ funding valued at $3 million, more than 60 published articles and three U.S. patents, Lednev founded SupraMEtric LLC, a spin-off company based on his novel technology.
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The female victim was known in the area as “Jane Doe 3UFMT” and “Christy Crystal Creek” and is one of the three Jane Doe victims of suspected serial killer, Wayne Nance.
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Glasgow Caledonian University will become the first university in Scotland to develop a cold case unit in partnership with Locate International, a community interest company that works with higher education institutions to help progress historical cases.
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The court’s decision was based on new palm print evidence found at the crime scene identifying an alternative suspect, and exculpatory evidence that the prosecution improperly withheld from the defense regarding the reliability of informant testimony.
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Arkansas is one of four demonstration sites in the country to receive federal funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime to establish digital health sexual assault services that will improve care, access and quality of sexual assault forensic exams.
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Developing effective policies, practices, and standards to fight drug-impaired driving means first building a firm foundation of priority research needs for law enforcement, forensic toxicology, prosecuting agencies, and practitioners.
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Authorities are hoping to solve a 16-year-old Hartford cold case murder by using new genetic genealogy testing made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Philadelphia’s top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city’s mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
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Part of collecting evidence in a car wreck is collecting a map of the incident to provide crush and collision data. For years, detectives like Cummings Smith have used Google Maps to create 2D images of incidents. Now, new technology is making that 3D. ?
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Harsh prison sentences for juvenile crimes do not reduce the probability of conviction for violent crimes as an adult, and actually increase the propensity for conviction of drug-related crimes.
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