Month August 2015

They didn’t have this on the Wire – portable fingerprint scanning devices, just purchased by the Baltimore PD, as described here.

PBS on Swiss researchers using DNA as a data storage device

This article connects the important work of Brian Nosek at UVA’s Department of Psychology and the hundreds of others of others involved in the Replication Project, with other systemic problems facing the broader scientific community – including the systemic errors found… Continue Reading →

The Dallas Conviction Integrity Unit and Lawyers at the Innocence Project are seeking to have a Dallas murder conviction based on a bite mark comparison reversed, the Dallas Morning News describes. There was a “1 to a million” chance, the… Continue Reading →

Next time your consider a burger, maybe have it DNA tested first – illegal horse meat found in DNA tested samples of ground meat products – read on in Tech Times.

The DNA Profiling Bill of 2015 did not garner passage in the most recent legislative session, as described in this account; it would create a national DNA databank and a scientific oversight body. Critics raise accuracy and privacy concerns.

For a property law focused account of genetic privacy, see Natalie Ram’s recent Article, published in the Columbia Law Review.

A newly accredited regional lab in MN is focusing, in the majority of its cases, on DNA testing and other forensic analysis in “quality of life” offenses.  Story here.

For a brief description of new research into the multi-dimensional architecture of DNA, see ScienceNews

In an excerpt from a law review article by the Judge, he notes: Fingerprint evidence is foolproof. Not so. Identifying prints that are taken by police using fingerprinting equipment and proper technique may be a relatively simple process, but latent… Continue Reading →