The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of a convicted rapist who had urged the justices to overturn his conviction and rule the the Maryland State Police violated his constitutional rights by surreptitiously checking the DNA in the perspiration he left on a chair after being questioned voluntarily at an MSP barracks.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to meet privately on Friday to discuss whether Americans have a constitutional right against surreptitious collection of their DNA. Glenn J. Raynor was convicted of rape in 2009 in Harford County Court; his DNA ...

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A convicted rapist is urging the Supreme Court to reverse his conviction, saying the Maryland State Police violated the Fourth Amendment by checking the DNA in perspiration he left on a chair while voluntarily answering questions at an MSP station.

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Welcome to Monday, the 223rd anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Prosecution and defense cite DNA evidence in California trial of accused serial killer. — Do ...

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Saying what is true for the prosecution is true for the defense, Maryland’s top court said defendants can submit a DNA mismatch at trial only if the genetic sample undergoes an additional test that confirms the initial result.

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A man who served 20 years in prison for murder before DNA tests led to his freedom will have a second chance to sue the city of Baltimore and its police force for $15 million.

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Supreme Court may get case asking if people who voluntarily submit to police questioning surrender their claim to the sweat they leave behind on a chair.

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People who voluntarily submit to questioning in a police station relinquish any claim to the perspiration they happen to leave behind on a chair – even when detectives examine the bodily fluid for DNA linking them to a crime, a divided Maryland high court ruled Wednesday.

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An indigent Baltimore man is suing the city and its police force for arresting and holding him in jail for seven months on a rape charge for which he was never prosecuted.

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The rape investigation was going into its third year when the victim suggested that the perpetrator might have been someone she knew.

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