That is what you call a very effective incentive—a blueprint the forensic industry can learn from and adopt, according to forensic expert and consultant Brian Gestring.
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It has been reported that 72% of jurors anticipate seeing DNA in a sexual assault trial and that juries are 33 times more likely to convict when presented with DNA evidence.
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Kenneth Level Thompson, a teenager whose skeletal remains were found in 1983, has been identified as a result of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative.
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Alabama State University’s world-renowned expert on forensic-death studies, Gulnaz Javan, has received a $375,000 grant from the National Institute of Health to help fight the scourge of drug-related deaths by studying microbiomes in deaths caused by cocaine overdose.
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On Friday, a new law takes effect in Texas to prioritize murder trials. But, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said that prioritization won’t mean anything with continued delays at local crime labs, specifically the Houston Forensic Science Center.
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Last week, British nurse Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven infants in her care, and attempting to murder a further six.
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As director of NIJ, it is my priority to support rigorous and inclusive research that informs our efforts to promote safer communities and a more equitable justice system.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has selected the LightLab 3 High Sensitivity (HS) Cannabis Analyzer to play a pivotal role in its efforts to regulate the national cannabis industry.
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Faced with a rape kit backlog inching dangerously close to four-digits, the City of Phoenix has approved $3.4 million in funding to help alleviate the backlog through outsourcing.
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On a June day in 1975, Barbara Schreiber and Darlene Zetterower, both 14-years-old, sat on a bench on a busy street in Hollywood. The girls were inseparable, and they were in the midst of carefree summer days as they prepared for their first year of high school. No one could have imagined that the girls would not live to see their 15th birthdays.
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