Researchers from Lancaster University argue there is a strong need to investigate the potential for identification from digital images of the hand, especially in cases of sexual assault where hand information may be the only biometric available for analysis.
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Despite the strong objection from Massacre survivors, descendants, and community-led Tulsa Mass Graves Oversight Committee, the City of Tulsa abruptly reburied the bodies without delivering an investigative report into the deaths or allowing for the remains to receive a proper community-led burial ceremony.
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Nearly 30 years after an infant girl’s stabbed body was found floating on a South Carolina river, authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of the child’s mother.
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The improved algorithm path planning algorithm found successful paths three times as often as standard algorithms, while needing much less processing time.
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Research suggests investment in structurally damaged homes in low-income and minority neighborhoods is associated with reduced crime and improved public health.
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Using PCR-based methodology that is common in most of today’s forensic DNA laboratories, the scientists recovered DNA quantities ranging from 0.006 to 3.700 ng, with an average of 0.267 ng.
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The Sarasota Police Department has solved a 35-year-old homicide because of improvements in DNA testing and technology.
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In July 1995, a young man was struck by a train at the railroad crossing. The young man was described as Caucasian and between 20 to 30 years of age, at the time of his death.
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Some families of crew members are demanding the U.S. military take advantage of advances in DNA technology to identify 85 sailors and Marines from the Arizona who were buried as unknowns.
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A new study analyzed millions of 911 calls for service across nine U.S. police agencies to determine how defunding the police might be handled.
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