#dna-evidence

#dna-evidence

If the provision passes, it would allow for prosecutions beyond 15 years if investigators are able to determine a DNA match. To ensure that DNA evidence is preserved, the proposal would require all evidence collection kits in cases of sexual assault to be stored for a minimum of 15 years, the release said. Healey's budget recommendation itself lays out a more detailed set of guidelines for handling and preserving DNA evidence.

France's General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) has exposed failings in an investigation into Dominique Pelicot, convicted in a high-profile rape case, for not acting on DNA evidence against him for a dozen years, in a report seen by AFP. Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2024 in a case that shocked the country, after admitting to repeatedly drugging his then-wife Gisele Pelicot and inviting dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious between 2011 and 2020.

"particularly shocking,"

I'm grateful that this defendant has been held accountable for some of the serious charges in this vicious attack, and I wish the victim a full recovery from the physical and psychological trauma she suffered," Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden wrote in a statement.

"We had him in our sights," she said.

There's been nonstop news coverage since two men were arrested Saturday night - one, as he tried to board a plane to Algiers, a second in the Paris suburbs. They were tracked down through their own fingerprints and DNA on objects left behind at the scene of the crime - a circular saw, a reflective vest, a motorcycle helmet, a gas canister, a glove and a walkie-talkie. French media say the men were already known to police.

The first incident occurred in July 1995, when authorities said Benjamin broke into a sleeping woman's home and "pulled a sheet over her head." Benjamin tied the woman up, raped her and stole cash and jewelry from her home, then fled, according to the district attorney's office. More than a year later, he similarly broke into another woman's home while she was asleep, prosecutors said.

The charge means Robinson could face the death penalty if convicted of killing Mr Kirk last week. Announcing the charges, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said: "The murder of Charlie Kirk is an American tragedy." Mr Kirk was shot on September 10 as he spoke with students at a university in Utah and died soon after. Prosecutors allege Robinson shot Mr Kirk in the neck with a bolt-action rifle from the roof of a nearby campus building.

Prosecutors allege that he used a seven-inch baton to beat a woman in the head on Oct. 13, 2024 at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. The woman told police that her attacker had been yelling derogatory things to other women present at the station, and had said, f you b-, shortly before hitting her. She went unconscious, causing a concussion and a brain injury, according to police.

The Nov. 13, 2022, footage, which was released Friday by the Moscow Police Department, captured the instant that police drew their guns and swept the residence to make sure the perpetrator had left the premises. As they moved through the house, police can be heard counting the bodies before they cordoned off the scene with yellow tape. The video also showed paramedics arriving at the scene, then being turned away.

Andrew Parry explained that the analysis of the skirt and hair from Louisa Dunne not only linked the evidence to Ryland Headley but also showcased advances in forensic methods.