As posted earlier, the Canadian authorities have been able to match DNA found at the Sharron Prior crime scene to the West Virginia Romine Family. Two brothers voluntarily gave their…
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Laura Kempton: Solved by DNA
Laura Kempton/Grid AdS Thanks to DNA, we now know who killed Laura Kempton in September 1981. Ronney James Lee, then 21, lived and worked in Portsmouth at that time. “There…
Zeigler gets a new DNA hearing!
…Whitehead decided this discovery would not have changed jurors’ minds and he denied Zeigler a new trial. But in last year’s DNA petition, Zeigler asked for new DNA testing on…
Wet-Vacuum Forensic DNA Collection Continues to Gain Support
…results. Of course, not every case, but the bottom line is if there is DNA material on the evidence, even when it is minute amounts of touch DNA, the M-Vac…
The costs of touch DNA testing
…late 1990’s, DNA profiles were low grade and required a significant amount of DNA material to generate the profile. Today, a fraction of that DNA amount is needed to produce…
Alaska Enacts DNA Access Law
…DNA testing and to require preservation of biologic forensic evidence. (Massachusetts is one of only 4 states that does not have such a statute, and given the role DNA testing…
Update Zeigler: DNA request denied
If you click on the link here you can see that the request for DNA for Zeigler has been denied. It states: “Denying Successive Petition for DNA Testing Pursuant to…
Night Stalker’s DNA confirmed
The Night Stalker a.k.a. Richard Ramirez terrorized California in the early 80s with a string of rape-murders. His DNA has now finally been retested allowing San Francisco Police to close…
NYT Editorial on Skinner and DNA
In my post “DNA: a civil right” of March 26, 2010, I described why I firmly believe that (post-conviction) access to DNA testing for the condemned (in this case Henry…
Update Zeigler DNA hearing
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Zeigler’s lawyers, arguing for more DNA testing, asked the court for a continuance of the scheduled February 3rd hearing. A former forensic expert is no…
Interpretation of a DNA Match
…the same DNA profile? How often might we expect to see those matching DNA results in the DNA profiles of the general population? Who are the general population and would…
Michael Green freed by DNA after 27 years!
…new DNA testing proved that Green was not involved in the assault. Green said he can’t help but be angry about the time that he lost. The process Green faces…
UK Detectives solved murder case using dog DNA
Oluwaseyi Ogunyemi/BBC No murder weapons were ever found in the case of Oluwaseyi Ogunyemi. However, scientists used DNA profiling to prove that samples collected during the investigation were a billion…
Zeigler’s DNA hearing ends without a decision
Zeigler’s DNA hearing ends without a decision. Today Mr. Zeigler‘s DNA hearing took place in Orange County, Florida, before Judge R. Whitehead. Mr. Zeigler himself was not present. However, he…
DNA profile breach
From TechCrunch: “GEDmatch, the DNA analysis site that police used to catch the so-called Golden State Killer, was pulled briefly offline on Sunday while its parent company investigated how its…
Zeigler’s touch DNA request denied
…touch DNA. From the Orlando Sentinel: “In the 30-page ruling, Orange-Osceola Circuit Judge Reginald Whitehead held that Zeigler’s petition for DNA testing was too similar to others that he’s made…
DNA upon conviction
New York Governor David Paterson announced that he is submitting DNA legislation that will require everyone convicted of a penal law crime to provide a sample. Currently, New York state…
DNA in four hours
…officers to search for matches in real time. Neither the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) CoDIS DNA database, nor the UK National DNA database can currently support rapid DNA testing…
DNA: a civil right?
…kept on file, should be reviewed to see whether DNA testing is possible. If so, it should be done. Period. Full stop. Denying DNA testing because the condemned did not…
Untested DNA Evidence – Henry Skinner Case
…killed Twila Busby and her two mentally impaired sons Randy Busby and Elwin Caler. Evidence Mr. Skinner has asked for DNA testing of seven items: (1) vaginal swabs taken from…