(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.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is raising concerns over the Trump administration expanding a program that allows immigration enforcement agents to collect DNA from detained ...

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 ...

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 ...

Those facing felony charges in Kentucky may soon have to provide more than just their fingerprints upon arrest, under legislation that would require jails to collect ...

The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency, a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about privacy ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiated Monday a limited, small-scale pilot program to assess the operational impact of proposed regulatory changes that would require the collection of DNA ...

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, ...