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A new Texas law allows for forensic medical exams for sex assault survivors even if no report has been made to law ...

Texas DPS officially implemented the state's new "Limited Consent for DNA Testing Program" for sexual assault survivors, ...

DPS' Crime Laboratory Division is implementing the state’s new Limited Consent for DNA Testing Program for sexual assault ...

(WHTM) – The Pennsylvania State Police recently launched a rapid DNA program to solve cases faster. Troopers say this new technology provides accuracy, fairness, and better outcomes for the community.

The Orange County District Attorney’s DNA collection program has solved crimes that would have never been solved. Murder charges were filed against two brothers in 2009 for strangling a woman to death ...

MILTON, Pa. — It's been two months since the Pennsylvania State Police rolled out a new Rapid DNA program. Trooper Sara Barrett says there was a reason this was needed. "This is done so that we can ...