Monthly Archives: July 2014

Major crimes, such as homicides, are rare in the local area. Petty thefts and burglaries are more common occurrences, but they still require ingenuity in order to solve.
Using a collaborative criminal fingerprint and DNA processing program—and by broadening its public outreach efforts online— the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station has increased its ability to solve local crimes.

Nearly every criminal case reviewed by the FBI and the Justice Department as part of a massive investigation started in 2012 of problems at the FBI lab has included flawed forensic testimony from the agency, government officials said.
The findings troubled the bureau, and it stopped the review of convictions last August. Case reviews resumed this month at the order of the Justice Department, the officials said.

INDIA- With the number of pending cases mounting at the only Forensic Science Laboratory, the government has roped in private players.
To ensure that evidence collection is done in a professional and scientific manner, the Delhi Government is in the process of establishing a Mobile Crime Scene Unit. The unit will function as a mobile forensic science laboratory and accompany policemen to the crime scene for lifting evidence.

HARTFORD — Kenneth Ireland — an innocent man convicted of the brutal rape and murder of a Wallingford mother — was convinced he’d die in prison, of old age or, more likely, of violence.
Every waking moment of his 21 years in prison he had a knot of fear in his stomach. He was surrounded by violence and by violent people — murderers, rapists, armed robbers.

The Virginia Department of Forensic Science held a ceremonial ground breaking for the new building Monday.

Tanzania- The state through the Government Chemist Laboratory Agency (GCLA) is putting in place a computerized national DNA database that will include citizens’ official documents to address a conflicting number of legal issues.