WAUKEGAN, Ill., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- An Illinois state prosecutor isn't letting exculpatory DNA evidence stop him from trying suspects in certain murder and rape cases, observers say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear whether a state prisoner can access DNA evidence when appealing his conviction by filing a civil rights claim.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court could review a ruling that, if it stands, would likely accelerate the use of post-conviction DNA evidence testing, observers say.
BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Experts at Britain's Forensic Science Service laboratory Wednesday defended their scientific findings in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal.
RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A legal complaint accused North Carolina district attorney Mike Nifong of withholding DNA evidence in the recent Duke University lacrosse case.
HOUSTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- An independent lab has determined DNA tests used to send a Houston man to prison for murder were inaccurate.
DENVER, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Colorado prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case say key DNA evidence tested by defense experts may have been contaminated.
TAPEI, Taiwan, May 10 (UPI) -- Taiwan has opened its first DNA bank, encouraging citizens to preserve their DNA cells in the bank.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 20 (UPI) -- A state district judge has thrown out DNA evidence in eight murder and assault cases, saying he had no choice based on an appellate court decision questioning t
