DNA samples from two separate rapes were used to make a DNA profile, which was linked to a suspect this week, years after the crimes had been committed.
In the trial of three officers accused in an attack on a Brooklyn man, a specialist said that genetic material found on a police baton was a mixture.
New York has become the latest jurisdiction to permit a controversial use of DNA evidence that gives law enforcement authorities a sophisticated means to track down criminals.
Two students collected 217 samples they encountered daily and found mislabeled food and at least one surprise: hot dogs actually made of beef.
For nearly a month, Biswajit Paul’s remains sat in the medical examiner’s office, pinned under the weight of bureaucratic law.
For nearly a month, Biswajit Paul’s remains sat in the medical examiner’s office, pinned under the weight of bureaucratic law.
A judge dismissed murder charges against Fernando Bermudez, who had served 18 years for the crime, a shooting in Greenwich Village in 1991.
A judge dismissed murder charges against Fernando Bermudez, who had served 18 years for the crime, a shooting in Greenwich Village in 1991.
New York City authorities’ efforts to file charges against unknown attackers are leading to convictions years after the statute of limitations ran out on an assault.