
A DNA Firm That Caters to Police Just Bought a Genealogy Site
Just two years ago, GEDmatch was still an obscure genealogy website,…

Making Sense of Science XIII - April 2-4, 2020
Big Names. Big Science; a Big-Time CLE Experience!
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PD9 and GCD Host Capital Defense Conference in Orlando: Telling the Client's Story
The Georgia Capital Defenders had scheduled a great October CLE…

Lubricants and Glitter: Revolutionizing Sexual Assault Investigations - October 23 at 6 PM
Sexual assaults are an unfortunate reality in modern society.…

N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database
New York City detectives questioning a boy facing a felony…

The Role of Scientific Forensic Evidence Questioned in Pending Texas Execution
Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be executed Wednesday by the…

In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction Case
It started as a way to trace family history. It evolved into…

State Supreme Court Blasts Renowned Forensic Scientist Henry Lee and Throws Out 1989 Murder Convictions of Two New Milford Men
In a unanimous decision released Friday afternoon, the…

The Genealogy Site That Helped Catch the Golden State Killer is Grappling with Privacy
Since April 2018, when police announced they had apprehended…

The Myth of Fingerprints
At 9:00 a.m. last December 14, a man in Orange County, California,…