WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an Alaska case that seeks to guarantee post-conviction access to DNA evidence.
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.
SACRAMENTO, April 3 (UPI) -- Sacramento investigators are using DNA covertly collected from a cigarette in an attempt to prove a man killed his aunt, officials said.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will here an appeal by a Tennessee death row inmate who wants a new trial because DNA testing has discredited evidence.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court rejected hearing a Virginia death row inmate's appeal of his murder conviction in which some DNA evidence was destroyed.
NEW ORLEANS, April 22 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Louisiana death row inmate Ryan Matthews say DNA tests have proved that he is an innocent man.
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
