The court held that the alleged father had denied paternity consistently for over two decades, and there was no other ...

The Florida Supreme Court will allow further analysis of DNA testing results in the case of James Duckett, a former police officer who came close to being executed in March for a 1987 child murder. In ...

The Florida Supreme Court has ordered the release of DNA data in the case of James Aren Duckett. Duckett was sentenced to death for the 1987 rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee. His execution ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical evidence ...

Police have been given a sweeping new identification tool by the Supreme Court. In a 5-to-4 decision in the case of Maryland v. King, the Court ruled that law enforcement officers can take DNA samples ...

Hair DNA evidence Suffolk prosecutors say links alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann to the killings of six women will be admitted as evidence at a future trial, a Long Island judge ...

James Duckett, who says he is innocent, came close to being executed last month amid arguments over DNA testing. James Duckett appears in a photo taken on death row at Union Correctional Institution.