When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Around the world, DNA analysis is the gold standard for identifying human remains following these ...

About 4,000 DNA samples will be re-tested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after the agency discovered a letter with a warning from the testing kits' manufacturer. The notice in a letter ...

Police have been given a sweeping new identification tool by the Supreme Court. In a 5-to-4 decision in the case of Maryland v. King, the Court ruled that law enforcement officers can take DNA samples ...

DNA samples and surveillance video took center stage Tuesday as several forensic scientists took the stand in the murder trial of Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts man accused of killing and ...

An appellate court ruled Thursday that the state can take DNA samples from female inmates on California's Death Row, who had argued they should be exempt from testing because they would not be ...

SPRINGFIELD — For the second time, the Hampden District Attorney’s office is asking people in the Brimfield area to contribute DNA samples to help solve a 32-year-old murder. On Nov. 9, the office ...