Baton Rouge DA, Innocence Project tangle over missing evidence in rape case
Louisiana
"the bloodstains, bed sheets, rape kit and sunglasses have disappeared from the evidence record sinc...
Indiana to conduct audit of untested sexual assault kits
Indiana
Local officials said there are many reasons a kit may not have been tested, the most common being th...
Justice denied: Lawsuit surrounding wrongful conviction and missing evidence
South Carolina
Nearly 20 years later, with the advent of DNA technology, Sledge began to write authorities letter a...
Family relieved after DNA evidence leads to homicide charges in 16-year-old cold case
Alberta
Police say new DNA evidence that emerged in 2014 prompted a 22-month hunt for a suspe...
CMPD’s Lost and Found: a ham and a tombstone
North Carolina
Shotguns, bikes, drugs, a ham and a coffin: just a few of the items at CMPD's Property Control ...
Massachusetts Supreme Court dismisses 21,000 drug convictions following chemist misconduct
Massachusetts
Beyond the over 21,000 cases likely to be dismissed, another 500 to 700 convictions would most likel...
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Vacate 21,587 Drug Conviction Cases
Massachusetts
The cases handled by Sonja Farak—a former drug lab chemist in Amherst, Mass, who in 2014 was co...
Police begin reopening rape cases as Kentucky tests old DNA evidence
Kentucky
Kentucky has shipped 3,173 untested rape kits to a private laboratory in Utah for forensic analysis,...
Ex-cop accused of evidence locker theft was back in court Monday
Massachusetts
A retired Springfield police officer accused of stealing nearly $400,000 from the department's evide...
Standardized rape kits good idea
Texas
Standardizing the rape kits would reduce the chance of contamination and make for a faster and more ...
Familial DNA test, retired detective's tenacity, solve 1992 murder case
California
San Diego police homicide Lt. Mike Holden said the evidence that connected Falls was a "familial DNA...
Page PD Tests New Burn Barrel
Arizona
This unit has the potential to save the police department thousands of dollars that would have been ...

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