/tags/dna-testing DNA Testing en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:02:42 GMT /austin/2021-02-04/austin-officially-moves-forensics-lab-out-from-under-police-department The Austin City Council voted Thursday to create an independent forensics department. The move has long been advocated for by survivors of sexual assault. Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:02:42 GMT /austin/2021-02-04/austin-officially-moves-forensics-lab-out-from-under-police-department Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2020-10-07/austins-dna-lab-has-had-issues-for-years-a-new-report-outlines-how-it-could-be-run-in-the-future Poor supervision and untrained staff have long plagued the Austin Police Department鈥檚 DNA crime lab, forcing it to close briefly in 2016 and then to be鈥� Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:26:55 GMT /austin/2020-10-07/austins-dna-lab-has-had-issues-for-years-a-new-report-outlines-how-it-could-be-run-in-the-future Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2018-11-02/austin-police-department-finishes-testing-sexual-assault-evidence-kits-stuck-in-backlog-for-years It took two years and millions of dollars, but thousands of sexual assault evidence kits collected in Austin and stuck in backlog have finally been鈥� Fri, 02 Nov 2018 21:47:47 GMT /austin/2018-11-02/austin-police-department-finishes-testing-sexual-assault-evidence-kits-stuck-in-backlog-for-years Audrey McGlinchy /news/2018-04-30/law-enforcement-use-of-genealogy-sites-raises-ethical-concerns From Texas Standard:After 40 years, California authorities last week arrested a person they believe to be the 鈥済olden state killer,鈥� responsible for at鈥� Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:33:23 GMT /news/2018-04-30/law-enforcement-use-of-genealogy-sites-raises-ethical-concerns Alexandra Hart /life-arts/2017-06-13/exonerated-a-brief-and-dangerous-freedom On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Joyce F. King, broadcaster, columnist, and author of 鈥楨xonerated: A鈥� Wed, 14 Jun 2017 03:17:05 GMT /life-arts/2017-06-13/exonerated-a-brief-and-dangerous-freedom John L. Hanson Jr. /austin/2016-12-14/travis-county-commissioners-consider-spending-up-to-14-millon-on-legal-review-of-dna-cases The AG真人百家乐 County Commissioners Court considered options for how to handle a review of criminal cases potentially compromised by the local DNA lab. Run by鈥� Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:23:28 GMT /austin/2016-12-14/travis-county-commissioners-consider-spending-up-to-14-millon-on-legal-review-of-dna-cases Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-11-03/austin-police-department-looks-to-dallas-county-to-ease-dna-backlog Update: The Austin City Council has approved a $3.6 million, six-year contract with Dallas County to send the evidence there for testing. Original鈥� Thu, 03 Nov 2016 12:20:13 GMT /austin/2016-11-03/austin-police-department-looks-to-dallas-county-to-ease-dna-backlog Audrey McGlinchy /crime-justice/2016-09-07/public-safety-commission-calls-for-5-6-million-to-clear-dna-backlog From the Austin Monitor: The Public Safety Commission upped the ante Tuesday, calling for an additional $5.6 million to tackle a backlog of DNA cases that鈥� Wed, 07 Sep 2016 15:53:31 GMT /crime-justice/2016-09-07/public-safety-commission-calls-for-5-6-million-to-clear-dna-backlog Elizabeth Pagano /crime-justice/2015-10-28/after-dna-database-correction-travis-county-preps-for-review-of-cases District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg announced last week that hundreds of criminal cases in AG真人百家乐 County could be subject to appeal because of a change in鈥� Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:04:31 GMT /crime-justice/2015-10-28/after-dna-database-correction-travis-county-preps-for-review-of-cases Audrey McGlinchy /texas/2015-02-23/court-of-appeals-stays-execution-of-rodney-reed The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay Monday afternoon in the case of Death Row inmate Rodney Reed. Reed was accused of the 1996 murder of鈥� Mon, 23 Feb 2015 23:39:20 GMT /texas/2015-02-23/court-of-appeals-stays-execution-of-rodney-reed