As of Oct. 31, 2019, the FIC had 1,916 kits that needed to be processed, and the required processing time of 90 days had elapsed for 1,681 of them, or 88%.
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A researcher has assessed seven different types of dashcams' SD storage systems to see how they help and hinder digital forensics.
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The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the death of Alonzo Brooks. Brooks’ body was found in a creek in La Cygne, Kan., on May 1, 2004.
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The expansion is another sign of the repeated impact forensic genealogy is having by enhancing public safety, exonerating the innocent, and bringing justice for victims and their families.
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New York state lawmakers repealed a decades-old law Tuesday that has kept law enforcement officers’ disciplinary records secret, spurred by the national uproar over the death of George Floyd.
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Deciding how to process evidence when looking to retrieve identifiable friction ridge patterns can be difficult at times.
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Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigators launched a full investigation, several suspects were interviewed and investigated. DNA evidence was collected on scene, but lack of technology made it impossible to use for an arrest.
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Researchers have developed an AI tool that can turn blurry, unrecognizable pictures of people's faces into eerily convincing computer-generated portraits, in finer detail than ever before.
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Maine AG Aaron Frey agreed to review the fatal shooting of a teenager by a police officer more than a decade ago. The forensic evidence didn’t sync with statements the police officer made about the shooting to investigators.
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Researchers have developed a fundamentally new approach to DNA data storage systems, giving users the ability to read or modify data files without destroying them and making the systems easier to scale up for practical use.
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