Two European projects have developed technologies to improve ways of finding the microscopic material needed to ensure a conviction.
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A new policing degree course at the University of Huddersfield aims to give students a broad range of skills needed for police work as well as widening police recruitment from underrepresented communities.
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Researchers detail the creation of accurate statistics to assess variation in the interpretation of complex DNA mixtures.
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Recently, a sample taken resulted in a 98.28% probability that the DNA found on the victim and his clothing matched an individual previously unknown to investigators.
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The victim was located in a canvas sack that had been tied at the top with a white cotton rope. The sack was a white cotton, loosely-woven sack, with the words “Deer-Pak Ames Harris Neville Co.,” printed in green.
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Evidence presented to the court revealed that although DNA testing at Schweitzer’s original trial excluded him and his co-defendants, the state used false jailhouse informant testimony to build its case.
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Victims of sexual assault in West Virginia may have an easier time finding health care providers to conduct forensic examinations and collect rape kits if a bill passed Monday by the state Senate becomes law.
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A young Rhode Island girl has finally figured out how to determine if Santa Claus is real—DNA. Last week, the resident sent a partially eaten cookie as well as a couple of gnawed-on carrot sticks to the police department.
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One day after police tried to interview school bus driver Jeremiah Guyette about a murder that took place in 1994 in the town he briefly lived in, Guyette fatally shot himself.
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Through speaking with witnesses, investigators learned of Hudgens’ intentions to rob the business that day and, along with forensic evidence, were able to tie him to Anshutz’s murder.
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