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"51 prisoners will have their cases reviewed for potential wrongful convictions over hair analysis," by Allison Sherry, CPR News, November 29, 2021
"Opinion: Thousands of missed police killings prove we must address systemic bias in forensic science," by Peter Neufeld, Keith Findley and Dean Strang, Washington Post, October 15, 2021
"Woodlawn Jane Doe: How scraps of DNA and a genealogy website solved a 45-year-old mystery," by Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, October 02, 2021
"Murder in Miniature," by Molly Bryson, Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2021
"Ex-soldier convicted of teen's '82 murder can't get DNA test," by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Washington Post, August 10, 2021
"Advocates Challenge Mysterious Justice Department Statement That Undercuts Forensic Science Reform," by Jordan Smith, The Intercept, August 08, 2021
"DNA Can Be Recovered from 'Touches' on Drug Capsules: Study," by Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report, August 06, 2021
"Judge to review possible wrongful conviction in 2000 Nashville killing with new suspect," by Maria Timms, Tennessean, July 22, 2021
"After Two Decades and a DNA Test, Charges Are Dropped in Georgia Killings," by Jacey Fortin, New York Times, July 23, 2021
"‘Right a wrong’: Judge exonerates man in 1985 Georgia church murders," by Joshua Sharpe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 19, 2021
"Is It Time to Regulate Facial Recognition and Other ‘Frontier’ Police Technology?," by Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report, July 14, 2021
"A secret algorithm is transforming DNA evidence. This defendant could be the first to scrutinize it.," by Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, July 13, 2021
"They stole prized lumber from a national forest. The trees’ DNA proved it, feds say.," by Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, July 12, 2021
"FBI Approves DNA Booking System," by TRC Staff, The Crime Report, July 09, 2021
"Orange County Prosecutors Operate "Vast, Secretive" Genetic Surveillance Program," by Jordan Smith, The Intercept, July 03, 2021
