She swiped her co-worker’s Coke can. Police say it cracked a 28-year-old murder case.(WA)Read More
DNA
American Bar Association Standards on DNA Evidence (2018)
Standards and best practices for the collection, preservation, and testing of DNA evidence and for its use at trial.
American Bar Association Standards on DNA Evidence (2018)Read More
FBI plans ‘Rapid DNA’ network for quick database checks on arrestees
Could Hania’s murder have been prevented? 2016 evidence ‘fell through the cracks.’
Watchdogs sue California over keeping DNA from arrests with no conviction
Cold-case murders, rapes cracked by Lake Worth genealogy website
Putting Everyone in a Universal Forensic DNA Database?
Blood and truth: The lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and how Florida fights DNA testing
Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Now Available
In 2018, the NC General Assembly passed legislation (S.L. 2018-70) requiring the creation of the a statewide tracking system to track the testing of Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits (SAECKs) from collection to completion of forensic testing. The tracking system is now available for all stakeholders in the criminal justice system.