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Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office stops all DNA analysis after crime lab contamination (MN)

October 14, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office stops all DNA analysis after crime lab contamination (MN)Read More

Police Want the Password to Your Phone

October 14, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Police Want the Password to Your PhoneRead More

Collecting, Transporting and Processing DNA on Fired Cartridge Casings

October 11, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Collecting, Transporting and Processing DNA on Fired Cartridge CasingsRead More

Texas Appeals Court Overturns ‘Shaken Baby’ Conviction Ahead of Execution Date in Another Disputed Case

October 11, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Texas Appeals Court Overturns ‘Shaken Baby’ Conviction Ahead of Execution Date in Another Disputed CaseRead More

Dallas man’s shaken baby syndrome conviction overturned by Texas’ highest criminal court

October 9, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Dallas man’s shaken baby syndrome conviction overturned by Texas’ highest criminal courtRead More

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

October 7, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just CarsRead More

Police seldom disclose use of facial recognition despite false arrests

October 6, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Police seldom disclose use of facial recognition despite false arrestsRead More

AI Put on Trial in ‘Life or Death’ Police Tech Clashes

October 4, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

AI Put on Trial in ‘Life or Death’ Police Tech ClashesRead More

Camera by camera, North Carolina police build growing network to track vehicles

September 23, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Camera by camera, North Carolina police build growing network to track vehiclesRead More

Wyoming Crime Lab Fails Proficiency, Has To Review More Than 400 Past Gun Tests

September 23, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Wyoming Crime Lab Fails Proficiency, Has To Review More Than 400 Past Gun TestsRead More

She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.

September 10, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.Read More

Making Sense of Crime Scene DNA

September 9, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Making Sense of Crime Scene DNARead More

Law School Launches Nation’s First Forensic Defense Clinic

September 9, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Law School Launches Nation’s First Forensic Defense ClinicRead More

‘Nonconformity’ at state crime lab raises questions (RI)

September 5, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

‘Nonconformity’ at state crime lab raises questions (RI)Read More

Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces

September 3, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of facesRead More