Manmade DNA powers cell in step to artificial life
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scientists have created a living cell powered by manmade DNA. It’s a bold step in the quest to build artificial organisms that might one day produce new fuels, clean polluted water...
View ArticleThe fiction behind DNA
Proposed legislation that would allow police to take a sample of any convicted criminal’s DNA appears to have widespread support in New York, but a pair of local attorneys urge caution and extra...
View ArticleNew York DNA debate continues
The New York Civil Liberties Union is calling for more legislative investigation of a proposed DNA databank bill and asking for extra assurance in DNA lab testing. But Sean M. Byrne, acting...
View ArticleState pays $4.25M to exonerated inmate
BUFFALO — An attorney says New York state is paying $4.25 million in compensation to a man who spent 22 years in prison for two rapes committed by someone else.
View ArticleDNA samples urged in misdemeanor plea bargains
ALBANY — New York’s criminal justice commissioner is urging prosecutors statewide to make DNA samples part of all misdemeanor plea bargains after lawmakers were unable this year to pass a proposal to...
View ArticleDNA: People v. Laster
Appellate Division, Fourth Department DNA ‘John Doe’ indictment People v. Laster KA 06-00672 Appealed from Monroe County Court Background: The defendant was convicted after trial of five counts of...
View ArticleMonroe County getting $71K in fed funds
Monroe County will receive a $71,622 grant from the Department of Justice’s Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant program. The money will be used to improve the quality and timeliness of...
View ArticleHigh Court: Can human genes be patented?
WASHINGTON — DNA may be the building block of life, but can something taken from it also be the building block of a multimillion-dollar medical monopoly? The U.S. Supreme Court grappled Monday with the...
View ArticleHigh Court: Police can collect DNA from arrestees
WASHINGTON — A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrest for a serious crime, endorsing a practice now followed by more than...
View ArticleDNA on beer cans leads to suspect’s arrest
SYRACUSE — Authorities say a burglar’s decision to knock back a couple of beers during a break-in at an upstate New York home led to his arrest. Onondaga County prosecutors tell The Post-Standard of...
View ArticleOverstated DNA connection may have denied a fair trial
Statements a Monroe County prosecutor made during the 2007 murder trial of a former Rochester man are being reviewed by the Court of Appeals to determine if the defendant was deprived of a fair trial....
View ArticleNo DNA testing for man who murdered his family
DNA testing will still not be granted for an Erie County man convicted of killing his wife and two adopted children in 1988. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, has again denied a request by...
View ArticleDNA found near prison linked to escaped inmates
BELLMONT (AP) — DNA found just miles from a maximum-security prison is linked to the convicted murderers who escaped more than two weeks ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, as searchers using dogs and...
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