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 ...

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 ...

(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.

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 ...

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

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 ...

DNA can be the key factor in capturing violent criminals and closing cold cases, but Kentucky is one of the minority states that does not collect a DNA sample when booking a felony offender. House ...