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A Massachusetts bill would require annual audits of “owed” DNA from convicted felons, closing gaps in a key crime-solving database that advocates say have left survivors without justice and ...

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Contamination and other errors in DNA analysis have occurred at the Washington State Patrol crime labs, most of it the result of sloppy work. The most common problems are cross-contamination by ...