Gazette Times.com
Defense lawyers in the murder trial of David William McCaffery cross-examined a state police forensics expert Wednesday in a further attempt to cast doubts on the evidence against him.
Daily Archives: December 9, 2010
Prosecution, defense wrangle over DNA
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Posted in Current Cases
EU Grants €1.2 Million to Search for Missing in Bosnia
Balkan Insight
The European Union announced on Thursday its will grant €1.2 million to the Sarajevo-based International Commission on Missing Persons, ICMP, to help it with identification of the victims of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war.
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Posted in Missing Persons
Police tracked down Kevin Holmes with familial DNA profiles
IC SeftonandWestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk
DETECTIVES used familial DNA profiles to track down Kevin Holmes.
After gathering forensic evidence, a DNA profile was drawn up. Although there were no exact matches in the police database, thousands of profiles were similar to the DNA evidence.
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Posted in Current Cases, Familial
Judge won’t toss all DNA evidence
Daytona Beach News Journal
A judge denied a request Tuesday by defense lawyer Mike Lambert to throw out all DNA evidence from the pending felony case against a city firefighter accused of rape.
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Control of crime lab remains unresolved
News Observer.com
RALEIGH — Months after problems surfaced about the State Bureau of Investigation, state leaders continue to argue about a key question: Who will be in charge of the state’s forensic crime lab?
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