Microsoft has become the third big tech company to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM.
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After further investigation, the case was identified as a candidate for the department's familial DNA search tool, which mines CODIS to find DNA that may match that of an offender’s relative.
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The most comprehensive wastewater study ever undertaken in Australia has revealed the presence of 15 new psychoactive substances in the country’s metropolitan and regional wastewaters over the past three years.
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A man accused of being the rapist and killer who terrorized California residents in the 1970s and 1980s has agreed to plead guilty to dozens of crimes in return for being spared the death penalty.
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In May 2017, the Sheriff’s Office requested ISO Forensics to pull oxygen isotopes from the remains to predict areas of the United States that the victim could be from.
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Beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled with her own bikini top on Valentine’s Day 1991, the identity of “Valentine Jane Doe” has finally been revealed thanks to genetic genealogy not available 30 years ago.
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Sue Royston decided to fight for justice even though the police doubted her, the prosecution discouraged her, and those around her dismissed her story.
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Three applied, three made it in, three of them – all close friends who graduated in April from Grand Canyon University's close-knit Forensic Science program.
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Focused on the recovery, decontamination, examination, and return of human remains in disasters, the team helped the city process those who died as a result of COVID-19.
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How the police use extra powers they have received during COVID-19 will have a long-lasting effect on their relationship with the public, argues a university researcher who is also a senior police officer.
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