The Guardian
Scotland Yard is hiring 180 scientists from the soon to be defunct Forensic Science Service to bring its scenes of crime work inhouse – raising fears amongst criminal law experts that the independence and integrity of expert prosecution evidence could be jeopardised.
Daily Archives: October 10, 2011
Met hires 180 forensic scientists
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Child DNA law change
ABC News
It could soon be legal to DNA test children as young as a few weeks old as part of criminal investigations in Tasmania.
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DNA study: Bones not those of James gang gunslinger
ABC News
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Jesse James gang gunslinger Charlie Pitts was a bad man, and his evil ways caught up to him when he was gunned down during a bungled bank robbery.
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LabCorp again extends Orchid Cellmark tender offer
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings /quotes/zigman/258903/quotes/nls/lh LH +2.06% has once again extended its $84 million cash tender offer for Orchid Cellmark Inc. /quotes/zigman/97141/quotes/nls/orch ORCH +1.05% as the medical-testing services provider continues to cooperate with the Federal Trade Commission’s request for further information.
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