NEW YORK, May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors are using new arguments to resist the use of DNA testing for convicted criminals who say the tests will clear them, research shows.
PARIS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The Constitutional Council in France approved legislation to use DNA testing for immigrants, sparking a debate over privacy rights and discrimination.
UPPSALA, Sweden, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Advances in DNA testing proved that an Uppsala, Sweden, man did not father his ex-girlfriend's child 33 years ago.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Russian men who wonder if they are raising someone else's child will soon to be able to conduct a DNA test in the privacy of their own homes.
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A ruling by a Maryland judge dismissing a paternity suit based on shoddy DNA testing is the latest of questions surrounding the quality of the process.
HOUSTON, March 10 (UPI) -- An attorney says new DNA tests have determined his client served nearly five years in a Texas prison for a rape he did not commit. Josiah Sutton's conviction was based on DNA testing at the Houston Police crime lab, which is under investigation.
BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- DNA tests may exonerate a Louisiana convict who has served 16 years in prison for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. Gene Bibbens could be set free Friday if a sec
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A fourth convicted killer may be executed in Texas without getting a final ruling from the state's top appeals court on his request for DNA testing. A defense a
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
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry Wednesday pardoned a man serving a life sentence for a 1986 rape and murder because he was cleared by DNA tests. Calvin Edward Washington
