Ohio is one of only two states where strangulation is not a standalone felony. Lawmakers are trying to change that with “Aisha’s Law,” or House Bill 3.
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In August 2021, a new DNA profile for the victim was generated and uploaded into a public access genealogy database.
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Anthropologists believe a bone recovered in the vehicle yesterday is a human bone. The bone will be sent to a lab for testing in an attempt to determine the origin.
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This accreditation follows Cellmark’s extensive technology validation and consultation with the UK’s Forensic Science Regulator, the Forensic Information Database Service.
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Six out of 741 whose charges were dropped under policy were rearrested for serious offenses. The report also found the policy led to fewer new arrests and fewer 911 calls.
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall knew exactly what to do with the millions of dollars the state will see from its opioid-related settlement—invest it in the forensic labs and scientists who have been on the frontlines of this crisis from the very beginning.
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This unit will aid and support law enforcement agencies across the state in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cases, including homicides, missing persons, and other matters centered around human identification and forensic genealogy.
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The state of decomposition made it difficult to confirm the man's physical attributes, but pathologists were able to determine that the man was likely an adult male between the ages of 25 and 55, who stood at around 5’10 feet tall.
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Experts had estimated Smith’s IQ from 64 on the low end and 75 on the high end, but courts have ruled he was eligible for the death penalty.
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More than 40 years after its invention, Sanger sequencing remains the gold standard for DNA sequencing.
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