Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia lawmakers are considering bills that would require police to collect DNA from people charged with crimes. Getty ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Over the past three decades, the collection of DNA from convicted criminals has become standard in the U.S. justice system, and many states now also swab people arrested for serious ...

(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.

A lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleges a failure to respond to numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking details on how the agency collects, stores ...

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 ...

Over the past three decades, the collection of DNA from convicted criminals has become standard in the U.S. justice system, and many states now also swab people arrested for serious crimes.