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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

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?

August 27, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?Read More

‘Knife, rope and the intent to kill:’ Wake County woman sues Verizon for giving contact information to alleged stalker

August 22, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

‘Knife, rope and the intent to kill:’ Wake County woman sues Verizon for giving contact information to alleged stalkerRead More

5th Circuit says ‘geofence’ warrants violate the Fourth Amendment

August 13, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

5th Circuit says ‘geofence’ warrants violate the Fourth AmendmentRead More

Mother arrested in cold case death of newborn girl found in California dumpster 37 years ago

August 12, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Mother arrested in cold case death of newborn girl found in California dumpster 37 years agoRead More

Wyoming Crime Lab problem prompts review of gun-involved prosecutions

July 31, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

Wyoming Crime Lab problem prompts review of gun-involved prosecutionsRead More

I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using this technology should know

July 29, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using this technology should knowRead More

New Jersey Wants Your Baby’s Genes

July 22, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

New Jersey Wants Your Baby’s GenesRead More

EFF Tells Minnesota Supreme Court to Strike Down Geofence Warrant As Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Takes the Wrong Turn

July 19, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

EFF Tells Minnesota Supreme Court to Strike Down Geofence Warrant As Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Takes the Wrong TurnRead More

What happens when law enforcement wants to break into someone’s smartphone?

July 17, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

What happens when law enforcement wants to break into someone’s smartphone?Read More

What the All-American Delusion of the Polygraph Says About Our Relationship to Fact and Fiction

July 15, 2024 // by Sarah Olson

What the All-American Delusion of the Polygraph Says About Our Relationship to Fact and FictionRead More