Ruling Sought on Suit Over 9/11 DNA Software

The New York Times
A federal judge in Manhattan has been asked to determine if a lawsuit can proceed that accuses the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office of stealing the secrets behind a computer program used to identify the remains of 9/11 victims.

After 15 years in prison, Montgomery man is cleared of murder

Washington Post
A Montgomery County man who spent 15 years in prison for murder was cleared of the charge last week after a different jury heard new DNA evidence and emotional testimony from the defendant himself.

Sexual Assault Kit Evidence: An Action Research Project

National Institute of Justice
NIJ has issued a solicitation, Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit Evidence: An Action Research Projects, to identify solutions to the nationwide problem of untested evidence in sexual assault cases.

AUSTIN: 35-year-old cold case re-opened

Austin Online
Who is she?
This question has crossed the mind of Austin County Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Dennis King nearly every day for over 35 years.

World War II airman buried 67 years after death

Mercury News/Associated Press
RIVERSIDE, Calif.—A World War II airman has been buried in California 67 years after his bomber crashed on a southwest Pacific island.
B-24 tail gunner Claude “Bud” Ray’s whereabouts were a mystery for six decades, then a New Guinea villager found the wreckage in the jungle seven years ago. Army investigators identified him this year through DNA analysis.

Presumed body of legendary bandit Salvatore Giuliano exhumed in Sicily

Canada East/Associated Press
ROME – Authorities in Sicily exhumed the presumed body of a legendary Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano in an attempt to put to rest doubts that the corpse isn’t that of the outlaw who terrorized the island’s countryside in the 1940s.

UA Scientists Develop Quick DNA Test Device

KPOH.com
PHOENIX — On television, police can get a DNA match in minutes.

In the real world, it doesn’t really work that way. On average, it takes 14 days to process a DNA sample, according to forensics experts, but scientists in the Valley are working to change that.

Hampden County DA asks DNA database expansion

CBS3 Springfield.com
Taking a DNA sample is relatively easy. It can be done by swabbing the inside of a persons mouth or taking a blood sample. It’s something done to every person convicted of a felony. Their DNA profile is then sent to the state crime lab, where it is kept in a database database with other convicted offenders. Then, evidence collected at a crime scene is run through the DNA database to see if there’s match.

New National Initiative on Rape Kits

CBS News
Almost a year ago, CBS News broadcast a two part series on a five month investigation into tens of thousands of untested rape kits nationwide.
Today, the White House announced a new initiative aimed at ending the rape kit backlog…

With grant, Rome police to collect DNA at burglary scenes

Utica Observer Dispatch.com
ROME — City police will soon begin collect DNA evidence at the scene of all burglaries it investigates, and will send its officers on follow-up visits in domestic violence cases.