A DNA test could help match patients with psychiatric medications, potentially reducing the long and frustrating ...

An identical twin commits a crime and leaves their DNA at the scene. Can DNA testing reveal which twin is the culprit? This question reportedly came up in a case in France last month, in which the ...

The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing. The majority opinion was written by Justice Sonia ...

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners' requests for DNA testing in recent ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion that Texas death row prisoner Ruben Gutierrez should be permitted to continue his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's post-conviction ...

An agreement has been reached on the procedure for new DNA testing of items from a 1993 triple homicide known as the West Memphis Three case. Patrick Benca, the attorney for Damien Echols, said an ...

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