Monthly Archives: October 2009

A rape victim who lobbied the state to collect DNA from all convicted felons is finally enjoying a measure of justice. A Queens jury has convicted the man who attacked her in 1996. Jurors deliberated for less than 20 minutes … Continue reading →

Three years ago, Carol Dickerson broke her silence about a violent rape she suffered a decade earlier, telling lawmakers they could help solve cold cases like hers by routinely collecting DNA from convicted felons.

A new model of the way the THz waves interact with DNA explains how the damage is done and why evidence has been so hard to gather

An alleged purse-snatching thief was tracked down by police 10 months after the crime thanks to a sample of DNA left at the scene in Winnipeg.

A cold case nightmare turned into a forensics dream come true Tuesday, as a Washington County jury convicted a man of aggravated attempted murder based largely on the DNA he left on the Halloween skeleton mask he wore during a … Continue reading →

Associated Press – October 30, 2009 5:05 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) – A rape victim who lobbied the state to collect DNA from all convicted felons is finally enjoying a measure of justice.

In what’s thought to be a first, the University of Akron has implemented a new new policy requiring new job applicants to be willing to submit a DNA sample for background checks. One adjunct faculty member has resigned mid-semester in … Continue reading →

SAN ANGELO, Texas — ELDORADO — DNA expert Amy Smuts became uncomfortably aware Friday in court that she couldn’t hold forth on Bayes’ theory, hasn’t read that book by Phillip Good or reviewed the latest important DNA case in Texas … Continue reading →

NEW YORK — DNA Model Management, a New York-based esteemed modeling agency representing such luminaries as Linda Evangelista, Shalom Harlow, Doutzen Kroes, Stella Tennant, Amber Valletta, Natalia Vodianova and Raquel Zimmermann, will host an unprecedented Salt Lake City Model Search … Continue reading →