Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A technician prepares for a genome sequencing experiment at the Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory. Photo: National Cancer ...

In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is raising concerns over the Trump administration expanding a program that allows immigration enforcement agents to collect DNA from detained ...

In early December, the Virginia State Crime Commission endorsed legislation that would expand the list of misdemeanors for which DNA collection would be mandatory for people convicted of those minor ...

Iowa is closer to joining states that allow DNA to be collected after an arrest for committing violent crimes under a bill passed by the House.

DNA can be the key factor in capturing violent criminals and closing cold cases, but Kentucky is one of the minority states that does not collect a DNA sample when booking a felony offender. House ...

The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency, a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about privacy ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate has approved a bill that would require local law enforcement to collect DNA from undocumented immigrants arrested for a felony or misdemeanor if they have a federal ...

(The Center Square) - Since the advent of DNA testing, law enforcement agencies have been able to prosecute crimes - and exonerate the wrongly convicted - with greater certainty than ever before.