Boston’s NPR News Station WBUR reported today and yesterday on the story of Ronjon Cameron who was convicted of charges of rape in 2003. The two major pieces of evidence against Cameron were DNA evidence and the victim’s identification. There were… Continue Reading →
Police discovered the victim’s body 8 months ago. The evidence suggested that the victim had been drug into the wooded area and then shot multiple times. The police took samples from the victims ankles, which matched with Jesus Luna Jr., who… Continue Reading →
In October, we wrote about Michael Robinson, a defendant who requested the software behind the DNA analysis tool used to identify Robinson as the perpetrator of a double-homicide. An expert witness, Dr. Perlin, who developed the technology, is expected to… Continue Reading →
A string of 34 rapes between 1995 and 2001 remained unsolved until this past week when a suspect was arrested. The suspect was initially arrested after a DNA match was found between DNA left on a victim and DNA of… Continue Reading →
In 2011 the Massachusetts stripped of its accreditation. This also resulted in the lab losing its access to CODIS, the FBI database that lists over 12 million offender profiles. With a 12,000 case backlog, the state lab was in crisis…. Continue Reading →
The Texas Monthly wrote this month on the inception of the Texas Forensic Science Commission and how the organization went from a political body, divided and powerless, to an agency that has turned Texas, a law-and-order state, into a leading jurisdiction fixing the… Continue Reading →
Governor Terry McAuliffe pardoned Davey Reedy last week. Reedy was convicted for the 1987 arson of his home that resulted in the death of his two children. Reedy was released from prison in 2009. Since his conviction, defense attorneys were able to… Continue Reading →
A new report released by Transparency Market Research projects that the digital forensic market will continue to rise by 12.5% annually for the next six years. This rise would make the digital forensic market a $4.97 billion industry by 2021. The… Continue Reading →
Zied Mhirsi, in an opinion article published in Tunisia Live, writes on the use of forensic medicine to convict individuals for moral crimes. These crimes include sodomy, sexual activity outside of marriage, and cannabis use. Specifically, vaginal exams and DNA testing… Continue Reading →
Prosecutors say that Edward Bowen committed three robberies last year. In the second robbery, prosecutors say that Bowen drank a beverage from a straw and cup near the crime scene, and DNA from that straw and fingerprints on that cup… Continue Reading →
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