DNA tests prompt review of '92 Ill. rape
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A man imprisoned for a 1992 rape was one step closer to freedom Friday after DNA tests appeared to clear him in the attack, his attorney said.
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Rape suspects can be forced to undergo H.I.V. testing under a law signed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
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Prosecutors in the rape case against U.S. basketball star Kobe Bryant are questioning the validity of DNA evidence crucial to the defense's case, saying data appeared to have been manipulated and might have to be thrown out.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- A judge ordered testing Friday to determine whether three Duke lacrosse players fathered the child of a woman who accuses them of rape _ a prospect defense attorneys dismissed as an "absolute impossibility."
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A man wrongly convicted of rape, kidnapping and robbery was freed Tuesday after 17 years in prison &#151; exonerated by a new test of DNA evidence and "unusually" helpful prosecutors.
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A new DNA test will help UK police solve sexual assault cases when there are no sperm traces, scientists say.
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Crucial DNA evidence tested by defense experts in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case might have been contaminated, prosecutors said in a court filing released Wednesday.
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If it weren't for DNA testing, Willie "Pete" Williams would still be rotting away in a Georgia prison. Instead, he was released after serving nearly 22 years for a rape he didn't commit. The Innocence Project works to free others who are wrongfully jailed in American prisons.
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A man who spent seven years in prison for rape before a DNA test exonerated him will get $3.9 million from the city, authorities said.
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Physical evidence, including DNA from blood and fingerprints, will link a convicted sex offender to the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the man's trial opened.
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The DNA of a man accused of murdering an 11-year-old child in 1975 matched that found on her body, a court hears.
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Authorities on Tuesday searched for a man wanted in two slayings after a pair of women reported that someone matching his description broke into a home and sexually assaulted them.
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Police renew their appeal for information following the rape of a 16-year-old girl in broad daylight.
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KUALA LUMPUR: A 34-year-old grave digger was charged at the Sessions Court yesterday with three counts of raping a 13-year-old girl.
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Ohio's DNA testing program for inmates seeking to prove their innocence is deeply flawed, with police routinely discarding evidence after trials and court-ordered tests never getting done, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered an investigation Monday into allegations by a Sunni Arab woman that she was raped by three members of the Shiite-dominated police force after she was detained over the weekend.
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A state forensics scientist who said she tested DNA in her husband's underwear to find out whether he was cheating could be disciplined if investigators determine she violated the use of state equipment.