While it was critically important to get the BTK killer off the streets, was it ethical to do so by seizing his daughter’s biological material, kept in a university clinic she visited for cervical cancer screening?
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The forensic laboratory will strengthen the technical capacities of both the Colombian police and the prosecutors.
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On the morning of March 20, 2004, the Vermont State Police received a report of an abandoned car on the property known as the “Old Dutchburn Barn” in the town of Montgomery, Vermont.
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District Judge James Robart was shocked. In a filing, he accused the federal government of reversing its position on “the old accountability system’s inadequacy” and doing so “for the sake of political expediency.”
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These Y chromosomes provide new insights into the kinship relationships and population histories of archaic and modern humans, including new evidence of ancient gene flow from very early modern humans to Neanderthals.
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While appreciation levels were high last week during National Forensic Science week, forensic examiners report it is not always like that, according to one of the first studies to address workplace stress from various forensic science fields.
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These changes will enable OSAC to more quickly make high-quality, science-based standards available to forensic laboratories.
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“I called the lawyers and told them, ‘I think he’s going home,’” said Hampikian. After the hearing, Hampikian added, “The victim has held this identity since 1994. It set her foster son free.”
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Keiser University Sarasota campus Law Enforcement Operations program students recently processed a mock crime scene that was designed to determine if a victim died as a result of a homicide, suicide, or accidental drug overdose.
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The Virginia House of Delegates approved a budget this week that includes funding for a host of criminal justice and police reforms amid national unrest over racial injustice and police brutality.
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