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Forensics: False DNA testimony. Calls for independent inquiry into Queensland forensic lab as DNA testing failures prompt criminal cases to be reopened
A government review into DNA testing at a state-run forensics laboratory is labelled “manifestly inadequate” by a former employee after Queensland police revealed they were re-examining cases dating back to the start of 2018. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/qld-dna-forensic-lab-review-handling-criminal-cases/101121284
Forensics: Cop DNA database misused. Senate passes bill in response to SF crime lab scandal
The state senate unanimously passed a genetic privacy bill this week in response to the San Francisco Police Department’s DNA crime lab scandal. — Read on http://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/senate-passes-bill-in-response-to-sf-crime-lab-scandal/
Forensics: New DNA technology could help solve missing person cases
There are 2,500 missing people in the state of Georgia and 154 unidentified remains. Now investigators are considering the use of forensic genetic genealogy tech. — Read on http://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/new-technology-identifies-human-remains-solves-crimes/85-fa76e0b7-ab57-43a4-b9f7-a541c4e86031
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Forensics: Forensic Genealogists closing cold cases through your family tree
Cold Cases sitting in filing cabinets for years waiting for authorities to find the final piece of the puzzle. Fox San Antonio’s Yami Virgin investigates new technology and a new kind of detective is using DNA and family trees to … Continue reading
Forensics: Genetic Genealogy. Woman arrested in deaths of newborns found in 1999, 2003, police say
A woman recently identified through DNA as the mother of both babies has been arrested in their deaths. — Read on http://www.13abc.com/2022/05/09/woman-arrested-deaths-newborns-found-1999-2003-police-say/
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Forensics: Unregulated DNA collection by police gets cancelled. New York court halts family DNA searches for crime suspects
The crimefighting tool has helped crack cold cases, but it has also raised privacy and racial discrimination concerns. — Read on http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-court-halts-family-dna-searches-crime-suspects/
Forensics: Genetic Genealogy. Cold case victim identified as missing Norton Shores woman
A missing Norton Shores woman, Stacey Lyn Chahorski, has been identified as the victim in a cold case from 1988. — Read on http://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/crime/cold-cases/cold-case-norton-shores-woman/69-b1c0c755-ea3d-4924-8b97-906e1a88001a
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Forensic DNA: When the Question is Not Who, But How
Examining courtroom testimony using the framework of Evett et al’s hierarchy for propositions. — Read on promega.foleon.com/theishireport/the-ishi-report-february-2022/when-the-question-is-not-who-but-how/
Forensics: Geneaology DNA evidence leads investigators to suspect in 30-year-old cold case
Nona Stamey Cobb was found dead in North Carolina on July 7, 1992. — Read on http://www.wdsu.com/article/dna-evidence-leads-north-carolina-investigators-suspect-30-year-old-cold-case/39468491
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