People charged with a violent crime or an attempt to commit one in Maryland must submit a DNA sample to a state database before conviction. The change follows debate over whether the expansion risks ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiated Monday a limited, small-scale pilot program to assess the operational impact of proposed regulatory changes that would require the collection of DNA ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether it’s legal for police to collect DNA samples from people under arrest, a case that could have nationwide implications ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses better data to help determine its compliance with DNA collection requirements. Federal law ...

US Customs and Border Protection collected DNA samples from less than 40% of illegal immigrants stopped at the nation’s borders in 2022, preventing federal law enforcement from solving violent ...

A Kentucky bill requiring DNA collection for felony suspects has advanced out of a House committee. It now heads to the full house.

Legislation that would require collecting a DNA sample during the booking process from anyone arrested for a felony in Kentucky was passed by the House on ...

In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...

Those facing felony charges in Kentucky may soon have to provide more than just their fingerprints upon arrest, under legislation that would require jails to collect ...

This note sets out: (i) the BNSS statutory authority to collect biological samples, (ii) the Supreme Court’s uniform ...