The study found that officers in that state, although not supportive of recriminalization, had a variety of concerns, from worries about the effect on youth to increases in impaired driving.
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Hundreds of thousands of priceless artifacts in several museums in Iraq have been protected from the threat of theft and looting by marking them with a unique invisible code, in a new security protocol.
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A report from the University of Surrey (UK) is shedding light on the impact of a new “video booking tool” used for first-appearance remand hearings in court.
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Forensic artist Joyce Nagy recently assisted the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office with a facial reconstruction, pictured here.
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Darrill Henry walked out of Angola prison two months after Judge Dennis Waldron — the judge who presided over his 2011 trial – granted post-conviction relief and ordered a new trial in his case based on DNA evidence that excludes Henry.
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The Colorado District Court for Eagle County has ruled that STRmix "is a relevant and reasonably reliable practice for interpreting likelihood ratios under 1,000 with low quality samples.”
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The largest-ever study of alleged racial profiling during traffic stops has found that blacks, who are pulled over more frequently than whites by day, are much less likely to be stopped after sunset.
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Researchers have shown that it is possible to disentangle the DNA sequences of the chromosomes inherited from the mother and the father to create true diploid genomes from a single individual.
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In September 2015, Pennsylvania state had more than 3,000 rape kits awaiting testing at a police department or crime lab. Today, there are 94.
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A 400-member nurses union is calling for top administrators at the Department of Social and Health Services, which oversees the hospital, to be removed over their handling of the outbreak.
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