DNA

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First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 2 reports

Calgary police see ‘so many inefficiencies’ with current DNA practices

Collecting DNA samples from Calgary criminals can take up to three years and dozens of warrants are issued for convicts evading a cheek swab every year, according to a deputy chief, who believes changes in practice are needed.The Alberta Federation of ... [Published Metronews - 29 mins ago]
Entities: DNA, Calgary, Police
First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 6 reports

USM develops Porcine DNA Detection Kit

GEORGE TOWN: The Porcine DNA Detection Kit developed by a team of researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has the capability to detect porcine DNA in raw meat and processed meat products such as sausages and burger patty.A USM researcher from ... [Published Borneo Post Online - 3 hours ago]
First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

DNA leads to arrest of rapist

DNA evidence led to the arrest of a Santa Barbara man on suspicion of rape after more than a year without a resolution to the case. ... [Published Santa Barbara News-Press - 7 hours ago]
Entities: DNA, Arrests, DNA Evidence
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Police await DNA report of skull and torso

The Dongri police, probing the identification work of a torso of a man, will have to wait for a few more days to establish if the skull found stuck near the wheels of an outstation train near Bhusaval is of the same person whose torso was found two weeks ... [Published Times of India - 10 hours ago]
Entities: DNA, Police
First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 3 reports

Criticism over number of child DNA samples taken by Warwickshire Police

Warwickshire Police are taking too many DNA samples from children, according to a national charity.The Howard League for Penal Reform found that officers took swabs from 599 boys and girls aged 17 or under during 2011.Many of the children required to ... [Published Rugby Advertiser - 13 hours ago]
First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 reports

Thames Valley Police took 33 DNA samples from children a week

Figures have revealed Thames Valley Police took an average of 33 DNA samples from children every week in 2011.The Howard League for Penal Reform charity say its research has found officers took swabs from 1,736 boys and girls aged 17 or under.They included ... [Published Windsor Express - 13 hours ago]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

Police Retain DNA from Thousands of Children

The DNA of thousands of innocent children is being taken by police and stored on the national database in England, campaigners say, citing new figures.Police have taken the DNA of 120,000 children in the last two years, according to figures obtained by ... [Published Forensic Magazine - 16 hours ago]
Entities: DNA, Police, Database
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 reports

DNA link found in 2005 Roanoke slaying

ROANOKE, Va.—Court records show a recent DNA hit has linked a man to evidence left at the scene of a 2005 shooting death.A warrant filed in Roanoke Circuit Court reveals that a match was found in April for DNA evidence recovered from the Aug. 16, 2005 ... [Published WDBJ7.com - 17 hours ago]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 4 reports

Finnish mobile firm DNA is for sale as ex-Nokia team starts up

Receive daily updates with our mid-morning newsletter BANKERS are putting together just under €1bn (£839.8m) in financing for a potential sale of Finnish mobile phone company DNA, banking sources said yesterday.Swiss bank UBS, financial adviser to DNA, ... [Published City A.M. - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Distrusting The Government With Your DNA

Proponents of broad-scale DNA testing say that data collection can help solve crimes, locate missing children, and ease immigration processes. But Virginia Hughes discovers that some individuals are personally reluctant:I asked [researcher Sara] Katsanis ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 21 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 28 reports

120,000 DNA samples taken from children, figures reveal

Shocking figures out today have revealed that over the last two years, police have taken DNA from 120,000 children, according to The Telegraph.Last year alone officers took nearly 54,000 samples from under 18s, including more than 360 from 10-year-olds, ... [Published Public Sector - May 20 2013]
Entities: DNA, Crime, Criminal
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 3 reports

Budget provision allow police to expand DNA databa...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A legislative panel will decide on Thursday whether the new state budget should let police collect DNA samples from people who have not been convicted of felonies.The governor and attorney general want to expand the states DNA database ... [Published 1440 WNFL - May 20 2013]
Entities: DNA, Felony, Police

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"While the immediate return isn't there from a straight dollar pointpoint of view, we've got to think forward."
"Those things are what make exploration worthwhile because of what they bring back to us all."
"He spun the story," Carmichael said. "The detectives, based onon that story, focused their attention on Jerry Seger."
Anthropologist Dr Roberts said: "We were extremely aware of the impact evidence like this has on a case and on a family. "We wanted to make absolutely certain before drawing any conclusions, so we carried out a series of comparisons of non-human skulls." Images of the fragments were shown to members of the jury and to Bridger, who denies abducting and murdering five-year-old April."

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