People charged with a violent crime or an attempt to commit one in Maryland must submit a DNA sample to a state database before conviction. The change follows debate over whether the expansion risks ...

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 ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses better data to help determine its compliance with DNA collection requirements. Federal law ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether it’s legal for police to collect DNA samples from people under arrest, a case that could have nationwide implications ...

US Customs and Border Protection collected DNA samples from less than 40% of illegal immigrants stopped at the nation’s borders in 2022, preventing federal law enforcement from solving violent ...

Helix, the leading enterprise genomics company, has partnered with Mawi DNA Technologies, a leader in DNA sample collection and storage, to expand access to non-invasive DNA collection for genomic ...

A Massachusetts bill would require annual audits of “owed” DNA from convicted felons, closing gaps in a key crime-solving database that advocates say have left survivors without justice and ...

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 ...

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 ...