This DOJ award will pay for three new staffers as well as new forensic testing. In conducting a historic “look-back” at previous applicants and clients, WIP will focus especially on Black, Latinx and Native American individuals.
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In recent years, the landscape of policing has undergone significant scrutiny and transformation, driven by calls for reform in the interests of greater accountability, transparency, and trustworthiness among police officers, analysts, and academic researchers to address pressing questions that have an impact on policing strategies and community relations.
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The Spradlin family and their lawyer cited a backlog at the critically understaffed Kentucky State Police Forensic Laboratory as a reason for the case delay.
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After 33 years, the remains of a man discovered in Mississippi have been identified as Warner Washington, born in 1908.
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This funding will support advanced genetic genealogy techniques to help identify victims involved in unresolved criminal cases whose identities remain unknown.
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NIST forensic science program leads recommend analysts include alongside their results information about their adherence to an approved method and the performance of that method when tested using samples that are most reflective of the quality or conditions of the evidence in the case at hand.
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Lucas Zarwell moderated a lively discussion among four experts about the complex issue of resolving long-term missing and unidentified person cases while finding dignified and legal outcomes for the deceased.
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Methamphetamine deaths in the U.S. rose 61-fold from 1999 to 2021, according to a new study, highlighting a growing crisis in addiction and public health.
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At a recent symposium on emerging global synthetic drug threats, multiple countries reported an increase in the number of deaths linked to nitazene use—including North America, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and more.
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In May 1987, a woman was raped at knifepoint by an unknown man in her Toronto apartment. Nearly six years later in 1993, a young woman was attacked by an unknown man while she was on a walking path in Oakville. The person responsible for the assault of both women was unknown for decades.
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