Houston Chronicle

DNA testing works, but not if we fail to utilize it

Last week, Gov. Rick Perry granted the state's first posthumous pardon to a man who was innocent of a crime for which he had spent 13 years in prison. DNA testing cleared Tim Cole of a rape he did not ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Loss of funding for DNA testing raises costs, concerns for Arkansas police agencies

A lab that handles tens of thousands of dollars worth of DNA testing in police investigations plans to soon stop accepting out-of-state samples, a move that officials say poses a problem for Arkansas ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Missouri man said DNA test could prove his innocence. He was executed before a court ruled

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners' requests for DNA testing in recent years. Lance Shockley, a man on death row in Missouri, wanted items from the ...

Rare instance of Anglo-Saxon joint siblings’ burial proved by DNA test

Rare instance of Anglo-Saxon joint siblings’ burial proved by DNA test - Older girl was positioned facing the younger boy in ...