India
New Delhi: A new version of a draft law that proposed to set up a national DNA fingerprint database of criminals, including rapists, murderers and kidnappers, plans to substantially expand the type of offenders it covers to include people convicted of drunk driving and adultery.
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Posted in Database, DNA Legislation
BBC News
Operation Nutmeg will see officers collect swabs from sex offenders and murderers living in the community.
Criminals are often not on the database if they were convicted before 1994, when sample-taking became routine.
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Maryland
The newly renovated Montgomery County public safety headquarters revealed.
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Posted in Forensic Industry News
WARSAW – Poland is setting up a DNA database to help identify individuals killed by the Stalinists who ruled the country six decades ago, its Institute for National Remembrance (IPN) said on Thursday.
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Posted in Database, Forensic Industry News, Mass Disaster, Missing Persons
Louisiana
ANGOLA, LA (WAFB) – After spending 15 years in Angola on death row for the murder of his half-cousin, Damon Thibodeaux has been exonerated through DNA testing. He is the 300th person to be released due to this type of evidence and the 18th person who served time on death row who has been freed by DNA.
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Posted in Innocence Project
IntegenX Inc., a leading developer of rapid human DNA identification technology, today announced the commercial availability of its RapidHIT 200 Human DNA Identification System in the U.S. at the 2012 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Exposition in San Diego, California.
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Posted in New ID Technologies
Sorenson Forensics today announced the launch of its new LEAD (Local Entry Accessible DNA) Database™, a secure, cloud-based service designed for local law enforcement agencies to simplify the archival, search and reference of DNA profiles from crime scene samples. The LEAD Database™ was unveiled during the 2012 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in San Diego, Calif.
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