AB 3042 extends the sunset on Proposition 69, the “DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act,” which directs funding from criminal fines to bolster essential crime-solving DNA services.
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QIAGEN chooses Bode Technology as its exclusive global commercial partner to accelerate use of GEDmatch PRO genealogy database in law enforcement and identification of human remains.
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A DNA sample from saliva collected off the ground outside a suspect’s home has matched the profile found underneath the fingernails of a young mother brutally murdered 36 years ago.
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Although police recognized similarities in the two cases, evidence conclusively connecting them proved elusive.
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Fifteen years after Maryanne Humphrey’s tragic death, the GBI is releasing never-before-seen sketches, an original sketch and age-progressed sketches of the suspect believed to have killed her.
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The course will offer an introduction to the different sciences that students can choose for program concentrations.
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Trent University’s Forensics Crime Scene Facility has become the first Canadian building – and the 11th worldwide – to receive the prestigious Zero Carbon Certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI).
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A two-decade old mass spectrometry method has breathed new life into forensic fingerprinting, seemingly solving a common problem—analysis of overlapping fingerprints.
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This new method captures the finer details of a fingermark, making it easier to identify individuals and is expected greatly to aid in forensic investigations.
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Drug overdoses increased by 356 percent from 8.5 to 40.5 percent per 100,000 individuals from 2010 to 2021.
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