Unless you're living under a rock—or just don't watch TV—you're probably familiar with the mugshot and fingerprint steps of booking. Fewer are aware of the latest addition: the mouth swab. Requiring ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrest for a serious crime, endorsing a practice now followed by more than ...

In a 5-4 decision announced on Monday that created what the American Civil Liberties Union called “a gaping new exception to the Fourth Amendment,” the Supreme Court ruled that police can use cheek ...

A bill moving in the Senate would allow the state to collect and archive DNA samples from people when they are arrested, even if they are never convicted of a crime — a proposal that has generated ...

(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.

The U.S. Supreme Court is busy hearing arguments in cases this week. We will have an editorial tomorrow on the Voting Rights Act. Today, justices hear a case out of Maryland that pits modern DNA ...

Anyone who is arrested for a violent felony would have their DNA collected before they go to trial, under a bill the Georgia Senate approved Monday. Sen. Rick Williams, R-Milledgeville, who is ...

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 ...

DEDHAM — After weeks of hearing about bars, texts, and what Karen Read said after discovering her cop boyfriend dying in the snow, jurors at the Mansfield woman’s high-profile murder trial on Monday ...

Don’t expect the police to start collecting DNA at arrest any time soon in Washington, despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing the practice. Twenty-eight states currently take a DNA swab at arrest, ...