2 dozen cases have been solved in a year, and 7 arrests have been made
The ACLU is calling police work 'recklessly sloppy'
By Tim Dees Many law enforcement agencies, especially smaller ones with lower arrest volumes, continue to produce and retain tenprint cards in file cabinets. Many of these cards are eventually scan...
Bias may lurk in labs' ties to small police agencies
Associated PressBOSTON — Police said a Boston man wanted for drug trafficking tried to hide his identity by cutting off his fingertips. State Police spokesman David Procopio said Monday that Franci...
Associated PressMADISON, Wis. — During what police say was a 20-year killing spree in Milwaukee, Walter Ellis left his DNA behind all along the way - everywhere but the one place where it might hav...
By Jim Spellman CNN.comDENVER, Colo. — Using DNA to catch criminals has become common, but police in Denver, Colorado, this year demonstrated how the practice can be taken to a new level: They trac...
By Dariush Shafa Messenger-InquirerOWENSBORO, Ky. — The image of a law enforcement officer with a brush-and-dust kit searching for fingerprints might seem like an anachronism in the age of computer...
BY Joe Swickard and Chris Christoff Detroit Free PressDETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy wants an independent investigation into what she says may be thousands of kits holding evidence of...
Researchers are going beyond traditional forensics to try and predict the physical appearance of an unidentified person whose DNA is found at a crime scene. When DNA is taken from a crime scene, th...
Detroit Free PressDETROIT — Police in southeast Michigan soon will be the first in the state to have portable fingerprint scanners to identify suspects, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard anno...
By Melissa Gray CNN.comLONDON — It was early one Sunday morning when the killer rang at a front door that was decorated with a wreath for Christmas. When his victim answered, he fired four fatal sh...
By Joel Rubin Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Dozens of police departments throughout Los Angeles County routinely have not tested DNA evidence collected in rape and sexual assault cases, and are un...
Associated PressDETROIT — Authorities have identified 147 cases that will require retesting of evidence handled by a city police lab shuttered over test errors.Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to...
Courtesy of http://www.fbi.gov/What is it?The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, more commonly known as IAFIS, is a national fingerprint and criminal history system maintained ...
By Devlin Barrett Associated PressWASHINGTON, D.C. — Researchers have concluded the nation's crime labs need an overhaul because they lack strict and consistent scientific standards.A 255-page repo...
The Associated PressBOULDER, Colo. — Police have once again taken over the investigation into the unsolved slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, saying they will apply new technology and expertise to the 12-...
Number of L.A. County sex cases with untested evidence and no suspects is much higher than thoughtBy Joel Rubin Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — DNA evidence has gone untested in more than 800 rape a...
By Paisley Dodds Associated PressLONDON — Europe's top human rights court Thursday struck down a British law that allows the government to store DNA and fingerprints from people with no criminal re...
Related articles: LAPD finds faulty fingerprint work DNA lab backlog dooms L.A. assault casesBy Joel Rubin and Richard Winton Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Late on the morning of April 14, 2006, a...
Related article: LAPD finds faulty fingerprint workBy Richard Winton Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — As many as 200 potential sexual assault cases have gone without prosecution because Los Angeles p...
Report cites two cases of false accusations but the total isn't known.By Joel Rubin, Richard Winton Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department has acknowledged in a confidenti...
Related article: Feds investigate kidnapper tied to other crimesBy Glen JohnsonThe Associated PressBOSTON — The FBI said Friday that it matched fingerprints from a German man's decades-old immigrat...
Gang member arrested after portable scanner identifies him: Device allows law enforcement to check fingerprints in the fieldRelated articles: Fingerprints on file, right from the patrol car New fin...
Paying careful attention to detail, forensic unit is recognized for meeting international standardRelated articles: Errors prompt states to watch over crime labs Real 'CSI' scientists scoff at the ...
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