CHARLESTON, West Virginia — The West Virginia Senate has voted to increase State Police Forensic Laboratory employee salaries by 30 percent.
Daily Archives: February 28, 2014
W.Va. Senate approves 30 percent raises for State Forensic Lab employees
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State agrees to some DNA testing in 1998 murder case
BLOOMINGTON — Lawyers for a Bloomington man convicted in 1999 of killing his daughter said Wednesday they will expand their request for DNA testing of evidence they believe will point to the child’s real killer: a woman serving 55 years for killing her mother-in-law in 2012.
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Posted in Innocence Project
Ketani case: Defence attacks credibility of DNA
JOHANNESBURG – The murder trial of Betty Ketani will continue hearing evidence today about the inner workings of a DNA laboratory in Bosnia as a battle over a chain-of-evidence in the case continues.
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Richard III DNA test sparks controversy
King Richard III has been dead for more than 500 years, but his bones continue to ignite fresh controversy.
The medieval king, unearthed from a Leicester parking lot in 2012, has been the center of debate over where and how his body should be reburied. Now, a plan to sequence the full genome of Richard III has brought new strife.
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Posted in Ancestry, Ancient DNA