Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation that would require police to collect DNA from people charged with — but not ...

Over the past three decades, the collection of DNA from convicted criminals has become standard in the U.S. justice system, ...

Missouri lawmakers advanced SB 1458 to expand DNA collection on more felony arrests. Supporters cite solved cases; critics ...

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A Canadian man was detained at the U.S. border, forced to give a DNA sample, and released without charges. Michigan ...

Iowa is closer to joining states that allow DNA to be collected after an arrest for committing violent crimes under a bill passed by the House.

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...

Currently, DNA is only collected upon arrest for certain violent felonies, but Senate Bill 1458 would expand that and allow ...

In early December, the Virginia State Crime Commission endorsed legislation that would expand the list of misdemeanors for which DNA collection would be mandatory for people convicted of those minor ...

(The Center Square) - Since the advent of DNA testing, law enforcement agencies have been able to prosecute crimes - and exonerate the wrongly convicted - with greater certainty than ever before.