A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday as more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
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Kevin Richardson, a member of the Exonerated Five, will receive Syracuse University's first honorary undergraduate degree. The honorary bachelor of fine arts in music will be formally conferred at the University’s Commencement ceremony.
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Casework labs work with extremely challenging samples due to the conditions under which the DNA is collected. These labs require very sensitive, robust STR kits that work in the presence of inhibitors.
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Forensics Macro Photography focuses on using cutting-edge technology to identify human remains, specifically using photography to collect fingerprints and digital technology for a quicker identification.
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Grace Doe was found restrained with six different types of bindings: nylon and lead ropes, coaxial and telephone cables, paracord, and clothesline.
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The hits keep coming for the D.C. forensic laboratory—this time in the firearms division. Today, WTOP News in D.C. published partial results from an audit begun in January 2020.
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Following the attacks in France, this new study shows terrorists are using the pandemic as an opportunity to grow stronger, and ISIS have shown interest in biological warfare.
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The miniscule amount of DNA contained in elephant husks already makes detection difficult—add in analysis of small pieces and the task becomes monumental. But that didn’t stop a team of international researchers from developing a new test to give customs agents a leg up.
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A woman convicted of fatally strangling a pregnant woman, cutting her body open and kidnapping her baby is scheduled to be the first female inmate put to death by the U.S. government in more than six decades.
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Search parties combed the area throughout the night, but as the hours passed, hope of finding the little girl plummeted with falling snow. Siobhan’s body was found two days later stuffed into a snowy culvert; she had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death.
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