DNA

Connecticut Court Approves Forcing DNA From Felons

Connecticut’s second-highest court says prison officials can use reasonable force to take DNA samples from convicted felons who refuse to provide them.

2013/06/17

Seen At 11: New Technology Can Make It So 1 Baby Has 3 Parents

“The goal is always the same: identify embryos that are unaffected, and are going to produce normal children and only transfer those back,” explained Dr. Rusty Herbert.

2013/03/29

Christie’s To Auction Off Crick’s Famous Letter About DNA

Christie’s in New York will soon be auctioning off scientist Dr. Francis Crick’s letter to his 12-year-old son, saying he and a colleague had discovered something ”very beautiful” in the structure of DNA.

2013/03/23

New York City Medical Examiner's Office (file / credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

DNA Evidence Error Found In NYC Crime Lab

One employee has been fired and another suspended after the crime lab discovered more than 50 cases in which DNA samples weren’t sent to a state database.

2013/02/01

New York City Currently Reviewing Hundreds Of Rape Cases For Errors

City officials are raising a scary question: are there rapists on the loose in New York City?

2013/01/11

NYPD Crime Scene Unit vehicle (file / credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NYPD Scrambles After Sandy Floods Evidence Warehouses

Two months after superstorm Sandy, we are continuing to find out about the extent of the damage. Two NYPD warehouses were flooded out and now the city is dealing with the consequences.

2013/01/02

18 Years Later, L.I. Man Who Says He Was Wrongly Convicted Leaves Prison

There was an emotional homecoming Thursday for a Long Island man who spent 18 years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit. While on vacation with his wife in Vermont, she was brutally murdered and the crime was pinned on him.

2012/08/23

DNA Database Expansion Begins In New York

Now anyone convicted of a felony or penal misdemeanor will have a DNA sample collected, which will be a massive expansion of the current database.

2012/08/02

Lissette Torres (credit: Personal Photo)

Suspect In 1987 Cold Case Killing Arraigned On Second-Degree Murder Charge

Edwin Alcaide, 53, of Manhattan was arraigned Friday on a charge of second-degree murder for the death of Lissette Torres.

2012/07/20

Sources: DNA Links OWS Subway Protest To 2004 Murder Of Sarah Fox

Eight years after Juilliard student Sarah Fox was found dead in upper Manhattan, new evidence has emerged in the case.

2012/07/11

Pennsylvania Convict Arrested In 1998 Cold Case Slaying Of Bronx Girl Arraigned

James Martin, 40, was extradited to New York on Wednesday from the Somerset Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania on murder and rape charges.

2012/05/10

Report: Remains Found In Illinois Are Not Those Of Lauren Spierer

It’s been 10 months since Lauren Spierer disappeared. The 20-year-old was last seen on June 3, 2011 after a night out with friends in Bloomington where she went to school.

2012/04/04

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Sentencing Today In 1986 CT Murder After Earlier Wrongful Conviction

Today in Connecticut, a man will be sentenced for a rape and murder for which someone else was already imprisoned.

2012/03/23

Jeffrey Deskovic speaks on the Upper West Side - New York, NY - Mar 16, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Wrongfully Convicted Jeffrey Deskovic Sets Out To Help Others

Convicted and imprisoned of a rape and murder he didn’t commit, Jeffrey Deskovic is using $1.5 million from his $6.5 million settlement award from Westchester County to start his own foundation help others who were in his situation.

2012/03/16