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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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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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 United States Supreme Court denied a cert petition by Rodney Reed asking the Court to review a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ rejection of critical evidence of innocence in his 1998 conviction for the murder of Stacey Stites.
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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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Lisa Bailey, a retired FBI forensic artist, is passionate about her work. In terms of educating the next generation, she says she can reach more people on Instagram than she could in a class.
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The department is the first accredited state crime lab in North America to begin fully sequencing mitochondrial DNA, which makes it easier to test degraded evidence samples that have been subjected to harsh environmental conditions.
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As the day progressed, the simulation became a murder investigation, with students from the university’s Forensic Science department called in to analyze the scene for evidence as policing teams worked to establish what had taken place.
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Eye-dentify uses eye-tracking technology and training software to teach officers the skills and best practices related to X-ray screening, identity verification/impostor detection and ID validation.
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