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'Touch DNA' found on clothing helps police find gropers after breakthrough Utah case
KSL.com
The image of a detective pulling a fingerprint from a desk or door knob might be the first that comes to mind when thinking of DNA evidence collection, but did you know a fingerprint left on clothing can now help law enforcement identifies suspects?
That means victims of crimes such as groping — which often leave few clues leading to perpetrators — have a better chance of finding justice, according to a nursing professor at Brigham Young University on the forefront of making the new investigative tool a standard practice in Utah and throughout the country.
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FREE Social Justice Training - Implicit Bias
Due to high demand, the Social Justice Committee added additional dates for the live 3-hour training on the topic of Implicit Bias. CE credits will be provided. Space is limited; register today!
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'Unthinkable' discovery in Canada as remains of 215 children found buried near residential school
CNN
The gruesome discovery took decades, and for some survivors of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada, the confirmation that children as young as three were buried on school grounds crystallizes the sorrow they have carried all their lives.
"I lost my heart, it was so much hurt and pain to finally hear, for the outside world, to finally hear what we assumed was happening there," said Harvey McLeod, who attended the school for two years in the late 1960s, in a telephone interview with CNN.
"The story is so unreal, that yesterday it became real for a lot of us in this community," he said.
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Two new laws restrict police use of DNA search method
The New York Times
New laws in Maryland and Montana are the first in the nation to restrict law enforcement’s use of genetic genealogy, the DNA matching technique that in 2018 identified the Golden State Killer, in an effort to ensure the genetic privacy of the accused and their relatives.
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Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
Associated Press
Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office also can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes.
The new provisions, released June 1 after 14 years of study, were contained in the revised criminal law section of the Vatican’s Code of Canon Law, the in-house legal system that covers the 1.3 billion-member Catholic Church and operates independently from civil laws.
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Special section: Saving lives through the National Violent Death Reporting System
The Nation's Health
Researchers are using through data captured by the National Violent Death Reporting System to understand the context of U.S. homicides and other violent deaths, and developing preventive strategies. NVDRS combines information from police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, toxicology reports, death certificates, vital records and more. With the linked information, the system is able to provide a more complete picture of the circumstances that contribute to violent deaths, offering researchers an opportunity for innovative analysis.
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Double-murder investigation is pilot case for DNA-based genealogy method
Linköping University via Medical Xpress
The technology using DNA-based genealogy that solved a double murder in Linköping opens completely new possibilities in investigating serious crime. LiU researchers are now involved in spreading new knowledge about the technology, which brings hope to police forces and has aroused major international interest.
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Reducing missed abusive head trauma in pediatric intensive care units
Penn State
Abusive head trauma is one of the leading causes of traumatic death and disability in infants and young children in the United States. A missed diagnosis can lead to death if the child is mistakenly returned to an abusive situation.
For the first time, Penn State researchers, including lead investigator Dr. Kent Hymel, professor of pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, have conducted a randomized control trial of a validated and evidence-based child abuse screening tool. Their work appears in the current issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
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