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New bill would limit police use of DNA collected from newborn blood screening

November 30, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

New bill would limit police use of DNA collected from newborn blood screeningRead More

Cops Might Already Have Your DNA, Without Your Consent

November 14, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

Cops Might Already Have Your DNA, Without Your ConsentRead More

Google reaches $392M settlement over location data

November 14, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

Google reaches $392M settlement over location dataRead More

Moving Away From Deception When Interrogating Young Suspects

November 11, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

Moving Away From Deception When Interrogating Young SuspectsRead More

Police Use DNA Phenotyping to Limit Pool of Suspects to 15,000

November 10, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

Police Use DNA Phenotyping to Limit Pool of Suspects to 15,000Read More

The Problem With Forensic Sciences

November 8, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

The Problem With Forensic SciencesRead More

This group has a shocking concussion rate. It’s not football players.

October 31, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

This group has a shocking concussion rate. It’s not football players.Read More

‘Mass Surveillance’: Police Are Using DNA to Create Digital Images of Suspects That Haven’t Been Identified

October 23, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

‘Mass Surveillance’: Police Are Using DNA to Create Digital Images of Suspects That Haven’t Been IdentifiedRead More

Federal Report Adds to the Evidence That Bitemark Analysis Is Nonsense

October 19, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

Federal Report Adds to the Evidence That Bitemark Analysis Is NonsenseRead More

A star witness recanted. But Tasha Shelby is still imprisoned for “shaken baby syndrome” junk science

October 19, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

A star witness recanted. But Tasha Shelby is still imprisoned for “shaken baby syndrome” junk scienceRead More

Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis. The courts still won’t care.

October 18, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis. The courts still won’t care.Read More

What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant

October 17, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrantRead More

What happens when you donate your body to science

October 12, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

What happens when you donate your body to scienceRead More

DNA is often used in solving crimes. But how does DNA profiling actually work?

October 11, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

DNA is often used in solving crimes. But how does DNA profiling actually work?Read More

Teeth marks convicted him, but the science didn’t hold up. 37 years later he’s still in an Alabama prison.

October 3, 2022 // by Sarah Olson

Teeth marks convicted him, but the science didn’t hold up. 37 years later he’s still in an Alabama prison.Read More