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Proving innocence
Many factors of the country's legal system are geared toward making sure innocent people are not convicted of crimes. The modern use of DNA testing has cleared people who were found guilty of a crime years before this technology existed. On Monday a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Biotechnology Industry, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia
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U.S. Supreme Court OKs taking DNA from those arrested
— The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for police around the country to take DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes, a major step toward expanding a national database that will match new suspects to evidence from old crime...Tags: Politics, Biotechnology Industry, Justice and Rights, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Theft
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Practice of post-arrest DNA testing has already played role in local legal history
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday approved of police taking suspects' DNA upon arrest in serious crimes, a practice that has already made a mark on local legal history. Jerry Hobbs had been sitting in Lake County Jail for almost five years awaiting trial...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Biotechnology Industry, Prosecution
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Former Chicago alderman on trial for bribery
Nearly two decades after his career as a Chicago alderman ended with his conviction on corruption charges, a relaxed-looking Ambrosio Medrano is back in federal court for his trial on charges that he tried to bribe a public official. Medrano, who left...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Public Officials
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Researchers create heroin vaccine; recovered Ozarks addict shares story
Reporter and PhotographerA "cure" for heroin addiction; researchers in California think they may have found one in the form of a vaccine. It's still in testing but people in the Ozarks who have used or treated people who use the drug are already excited. Across Missouri...Tags: Movies, Pharmaceuticals, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Procedures and Tests, Methadone (drug)
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California Senate passes bill to curb prescription drug abuse
The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed the last bill in a broad package of proposed reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and mounting overdose deaths in California. The bills, inspired by a series of investigative stories in The...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Pharmaceuticals, Kamala D. Harris, Prescription Drugs, Medical Research
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U.S. Supreme Court authorizes post-arrest DNA collection
The Baltimore SunA divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police in Maryland and elsewhere can continue the warrantless collection of DNA from people arrested — but not convicted — of serious crimes. The 5-4 decision upheld a state law that allows...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Biotechnology Industry, Trials, American Civil Liberties Union, Criminals
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Justices differ on DNA
Excerpts from Supreme Court's opinions: / "A suspect's criminal history is a critical part of his identity that officers should know when processing him for detention." "When officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold for a serious...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Biotechnology Industry, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia
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Avantor ends IBM lawsuit over software dispute
Avantor Performance Materials, headquartered in Upper Saucon Township, has settled a lawsuit against IBM over a software problem that brought its operations to a near standstill. The suit, filed in federal court in Newark in November, alleged IBM...Tags: IBM, Biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry, Science and Technology, Breach of Contract
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Supreme Court allows police to take DNA from criminal suspects
WASHINGTON -- The police may take a DNA sample from people arrested for serious crimes, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major victory for law enforcement and crime victims. The 5-4 decision is likely to make the taking of DNA samples as common as...
Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice, Samuel A. Alito, Biotechnology Industry, Clarence Thomas
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California DNA law is broader than program upheld by Supreme Court
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the right of authorities to take DNA from people when they are arrested only partially assures that California's DNA collection program will survive court challenges, experts said Monday....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Biotechnology Industry, Justice System, Police Arrests, Trials
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Prosecutors say Supreme Court's DNA ruling will solve more crimes
sforhetz@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- DNA has the power to convict the guilty and free the innocent. If you find yourself "under arrest" for a serious crime, your DNA likely will end up in a national database. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can take DNA...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Prosecution, Biotechnology Industry, Justice System
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