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DNA Database Hacked
/in Attorney, Biology News, Crime Lab News, Digital Forensics News, News /by SteveGenealogy databases have become popular tools for law enforcement. GED Match is one of those databases. It allows users to upload DNA profiles from various testing services, such as 23andMe. On July 19, hackers accessed this database and allowed police to search profiles that were not previously accessible.
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A DNA Mix-Up Involving a Washing Machine Kept a Man in Jail for 3 Years
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FREE Webinar: Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners: Roles, Responsibilities and the New National Pediatric SAFE Protocol – July 15 at 2 PM
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Yogurt Shop Controversy: Privacy vs. Science
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Ninth Circuit Public Defender Presents Our Spring Schedule
/in Attorney, Biology News, News /by Public Defender 9th Circuit13 States Have Never Exonerated a Prisoner Based on DNA Evidence. Here’s Why.
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A DNA Firm That Caters to Police Just Bought a Genealogy Site
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Making Sense of Science XIII – April 2-4, 2020
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PD9 and GCD Host Capital Defense Conference in Orlando: Telling the Client’s Story
/in Attorney, Biology News, News /by Public Defender 9th CircuitThe Georgia Capital Defenders had scheduled a great October CLE program in Savannah captioned “Telling the Client’s Story,” but had complications which prevented them from going forward. We contacted GCD and offered to put on their program in Orlando with the always helpful Barry School of Law as hosts. Next, our partners at the National Center for Forensic Science joined the party with their support. The final, special ingredient came with friend of PD9, Professor Richard Rogers, agreeing to join us on Friday.
So, with all this energy and collaboration we are presenting this program on Friday, Nov. 8, all day Saturday, Nov. 9 and a Sunday, Nov. 10 morning closing session. Please review the agenda. You will find a very thorough Daubert program as well as the modified Georgia program.
Pricing will be in the $200 range for the entire event. CLE credit calculations are pending. To register, please click here.
Lubricants and Glitter: Revolutionizing Sexual Assault Investigations – October 23 at 6 PM
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N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database
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The Role of Scientific Forensic Evidence Questioned in Pending Texas Execution
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In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction Case
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State Supreme Court Blasts Renowned Forensic Scientist Henry Lee and Throws Out 1989 Murder Convictions of Two New Milford Men
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The Genealogy Site That Helped Catch the Golden State Killer is Grappling with Privacy
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The Myth of Fingerprints
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A New Method of DNA Testing Could Solve More Shootings
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One Twin Committed the Crime — But Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the Culprit
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Orlando Police Seek Money for Rapid DNA System to Solve Crimes, but Some Fear ‘Guilty by Machine’
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Webinar: DNA Dystopia
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