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A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld California's law requiring people arrested for felonies to submit samples of their DNA to police.
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Read More »Police: DNA helps link Md. man to sex assaults
CHILLUM — Prince George’s County police say DNA evidence helped link a Silver Spring man arrested after an attempted robbery to two sexual assaults earlier that day. Police announced Monday that they are charging 33-year-old Emerito Chicas-Savala in two sex ...
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Read More »Law blog roundup
On the 159th anniversary of the publication of Alfred Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade," here are some news items to get the week started.
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Read More »FDA orders 23andMe to halt sales of DNA kit
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Google-backed genetic test maker 23andMe to halt sales of its personalized DNA test kits, saying the company has failed to show that the technology is supported by science. In a warning ...
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Read More »DNA-swab case returns to Court of Appeals
Alonzo Jay King Jr., who lost in the Supreme Court on his claim that a police swab for his DNA violated the federal Constitution, suffered another defeat Wednesday.
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Read More »DNA ‘match’ was inadmissible, Court of Special Appeals holds
Two men who were fighting charges of attempted murder were properly barred from presenting evidence that DNA from two other people had been collected from their getaway car, the Court of Special Appeals held.
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Read More »Feds give BPD $523K to clear DNA cases
The U.S. Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice has awarded the city of Baltimore another $523,748 through its DNA Backlog Reduction Program.
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Read More »Editorial: Forensic analysis not exempt from 6th Amendment
The outrage from Stephen B. Mercer of the state public defender’s office over the interpretation of a Supreme Court decision that led to convictions being upheld in two rape cases is understandable, given such a clear disconnect between what the Sixth Amendment says and what the Maryland Court of Appeals says it means.
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Read More »Public defender’s office ‘seriously considering’ Supreme Court appeal in DNA cases
Two recent Maryland high court decisions upholding rape convictions based on DNA analysis could set the stage for Supreme Court appeals based on the failure of analysts to testify at trial.
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Read More »Feds, Lacks family reach deal on use of DNA information
NEW YORK — Some 60 years ago, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancer cells from a poor black patient named Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent. Those cells eventually helped lead to a multitude of medical treatments and laid ...
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