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Current Massachusetts law bars rape prosecutions in cases older than 15 years, even when there’s a DNA match. The governor wants to change it.

With only five exonerations, lawmakers weigh bills that would update Delaware's DNA evidence practices, aligning the state ...

LONDON (Reuters) - In September 1987, Colin Pitchfork, a baker from central England, became the first criminal in the world to be caught by DNA evidence, for the rape and murder of two 15-year-old ...

There will soon be a new tool to fight and solve crime across the lowcountry.The Tri-County Biological Science Center building ...

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Karen Read and her defense team arrived at court in Dedham Monday, as her murder retrial entered its fifth week of testimony. Read is accused of killing her Boston police ...

Deputies say a 20-year-old Palm Coast resident was arrested for armed burglary after DNA linked him to a 2024 vehicle ...

This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic tool. It addresses two major areas - determination of DNA profiles ...

A single drop of blood on a broken window could soon lead to answers much faster in the Lowcountry.