Already incarcerated inmate linked to Dallas 40-year cold case thanks to DNA technology, officials say

DNA technology has helped the Dallas Police Department solve a 40-year-old cold case murder, officials say. In a press ...
Hoodline

Locked-Up DNA Hit Leads Dallas Cops To Suspect In 1986 Slaying

Dallas police say a DNA match from CODIS has led homicide detectives to a man already in state prison, now charged in the ...
Oregonian

Oregon bill would mandate police swab felony suspects’ DNA upon arrest, not conviction, joining more than 30 other states

A bill that would add Oregon to a list of more than 30 states that require law enforcement officials to collect the DNA of every serious felony suspect upon their arrest advanced out of a legislative ...
Governing

Massachusetts Legislators Want to Discourage Police From Lying to Suspects

Police often deceive people they question — for example, lying about having DNA evidence that incriminates them. Officers’ goals are to persuade guilty people to confess, but such tactics can pressure ...