On Wednesday October 13th the Supreme Court justices asked about an hour’s worth of questions regarding Henry Skinner’s request that a Texas district attorney turn over all existing DNA evidence in the triple murder he was convicted of in 1995.…
Over the years scientists have painstakingly mapped the DNA genome of humans, corn, turkeys and now chocolate. A researchers funded by McLean Candy Company (Mars) is almost done sequencing the genome of the cacao tree, which produces the seeds used…
Results of a Texas Department of Public Safety audit on the Austin Police Department crime lab will be released this afternoon Back in July former employee Cecily Hamilton filed a complaint stating that there were mistakes with DNA testing at…
In August a report was released regarding an investigation into North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) crime lab. Two retired FBI agents were hired to conduct the investigation following the release of Greg Taylor after 16 years in prison. The story…
Some experts believe that communities of color will be unfairly targeted with the widespread use of familial DNA testing to capture suspects. The American Civil Liberties Union is concerned with the increased use of Familial DNA Testing in the criminal…
Among the cases that will be heard by the US Supreme Court this season is one from a Texas death row inmate claiming that he is innocent. Arguments on this case are scheduled to be heard on October 13th. Henry Skinner who…
Obesity has become such a large problem world wide that in Britain there are children listed on the British social services ”at risk” register because it was assumed their parents were abusing them with deliberate overfeeding. ”In one case, one…
The ACLU is challenging a California law that requires police to collect the DNA of all suspected felons. Michael Risher an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer told the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco court Tuesday that…
72 more fragments of human remains have been found in the rubble or the World Trade Center after almost 9 years. The fragments consist mainly of tiny pieces of bone were found during the process of sifting of tonnes of…
Using samples of powder bone from three separate Neanderthal bones, a global team of scientists which includes Svante Pääbo, Richard E. Green, and Hernán Burbano has sequenced the Neanderthal genome. The team compared the Neanderthal genome with the genomes of…