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Crime and Justice News Archive

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 22
2 min

Genealogy Test Solves 50-Year-Old Indianapolis Teen Abduction Case

Police in Indianapolis announced a major break in a nearly 50-year-old cold case that involved three hitchhiking girls and one man who...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 16
1 min

13-Year-Old Long Island Murder Case Hangs On One Strand of Hair as Evidence

After 13 years of dead ends and blown leads, the Gilgo Beach murder investigation finally turned on pizza crusts that Rex Heuermann had...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 19, 2023
2 min

Justices Allow Texas' Rodney Reed To Seek DNA Evidence

The Supreme Court cleared the way for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed to seek post-conviction DNA evidence to try proving his...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 23, 2023
2 min

DNA Matching Links Late French Horn Player To Serial Rapes

In the world of French-horn players., Elliott Higgins was a pioneering figure. As a young hornist in the 1970s, he helped launch the...

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Crime and Justice News

Sep 13, 2022
1 min

Woman Sues S.F. For Linking Her DNA Rape Kit to Another Crime

A woman whose rape kit DNA was used to link her to an unrelated property crime has sued the city of San Francisco over the incident,...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 22, 2022
2 min

Legal Aid Society Sues NYC, Charging Illegal DNA Collection

Three years ago, Shakira Leslie was returning from a cousin’s birthday party in the Bronx when officers pulled over her friend’s car for...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 11, 2022
1 min

New DNA Tests Planned on Evidence in Syed 'Serial' Podcast Case

Baltimore chief prosecutor Marilyn Mosby said evidence in the case featured on the first season of the "Serial" podcast will be...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 18, 2022
1 min

Boudin Drops Property Crime Case Based on Victim's Rape Kit DNA

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin dismissed charges brought against a woman whose DNA collected in a rape medical exam was...

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