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"After Slow Start, State to Probe 81 Convictions Involving Debunked Hair Analysis," by Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch, March 10, 2020
"Cracking the Code: The Growing Use of DNA Indictments To Satisfy the Constraints of Expiring Statutes of Limitations," by Kraig Ahalt and Jeffrey A. Udell, New York Law Journal, March 06, 2020
"FBI rolls out Rapid DNA pilot testing program for felony suspects," by Paul Brinkmann, UPI, March 02, 2020
"'They lied to us': Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder," by Jon Schuppe, NBC News, February 22, 2020
"N.Y.P.D. to Remove DNA Profiles of Non-Criminals From Database," by Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, February 20, 2020
"Missouri Considers ‘Katie’s Law’ Requiring DNA Collection for All Felony Arrests," by Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report, February 12, 2020
"How Witness Identifications Send Innocent People To Prison," by Jay Willis, The Appeal, February 11, 2020
"Judge orders further DNA testing on bullet casings concealed before murder trial," by Jason Riley, WDRB, February 03, 2020
"Ancestry.com refused court request to give police DNA database access," by Rebecca Falconer, Axios, February 04, 2020
"City Agrees to Test DNA in Landmark Case That Could Exonerate an Executed Man," by Jeremy Stahl, Slate, February 03, 2020
"Wrestling with why Georgia opposes DNA testing in death cases," by Bill Rankin and Joshua Sharpe, Atlanta Journal Constitution , February 03, 2020
"Central Arkansas city, executed man's kin strike deal on DNA," by Tony Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, February 01, 2020
"A rape kit that sat untested for decades just exonerated a wrongfully convicted man," by Marisa Iati, Washington Post, January 29, 2020
"Tommy Zeigler case inspires legislator to change Florida’s DNA law," by Leonora LaPeter Anton, Tampa Bay Times, January 28, 2020
"Opinion: 20 years after my intern was killed, her alleged killer has been caught," by Deborah D. Stine, Washington Post, January 24, 2020
