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News around the globe

 

Appellant filed a motion for leave to file a motion for a new trial on grounds that a new database existed against which the relevant DNA samples could be compared. 
 
Drugs stolen from police lab
South Africa
The police's failure to protect samples and confiscated material stored at its forensics science laboratory in Pretoria had resulted in the theft of drugs.
 
California
The California Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors may get around legal deadlines by filing arrest warrants based on DNA left behind at a crime.
 
Led by UCLA School of Law professor Jennifer Mnookin, the project, which began Jan. 1, will establish a scientific method to quantify the accuracy and error rates of latent fingerprint examination, one of the most widely used forensic disciplines.
 
Many of the exoneration cases can be misconstrued as proving the fallibility of forensic science while often the cause of the wrongful conviction was misidentification by an eye witness or a lack of evidence.
 
Burglars are more likely to wear Reebok Classic trainers than any other type of footwear, the author of a new study has said.
 
Since 1989, they have proven 250 times that the criminal justice system needs reform with regard to how investigations are conducted
 
 

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