New law requires earlier DNA tests for inmates
Michigan prison inmates will have to submit to DNA testing soon after they're locked up rather than waiting until just before they're released under a bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder.The state...
View ArticleMichigan mandated inmate DNA tests leading police to suspects quicker than...
A new state law that mandates inmates give DNA samples is helping police solve dozens of cold cases.Since the mid 90s, all inmates have had to give DNA samples when they exit prisons and jails in...
View ArticleNew blood test can determine paternity before birth
Pregnant women in Michigan can now use a simple blood test to identify the father of their unborn child.Three labs across the state now offer the noninvasive prenatal paternity test. The Grand Rapids,...
View ArticleDNA tests upon arrest for certain crimes, Michigan Senate to take up bill
The Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to take up a bill this week that would expand DNA testing in the state.Senate Bill 105 would require people to provide a DNA sample when they are...
View ArticleAttorneys hope for new trial for Michigan man convicted of 1996 murder
Attorneys today will ask for a new trial for a man convicted of a 1996 rape and murder in Kalkaska.They say new evidence raises serious doubts about the man’s guilt.Jamie Lee Peterson is serving a life...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court to decide whether paternity can be challenged after...
The state Supreme Court will decide whether a woman can have her ex-husband’s parental rights revoked because he’s not the biological father of her daughter.Paternity was never an issue in the divorce...
View ArticleNew law requires earlier DNA tests for inmates
Michigan prison inmates will have to submit to DNA testing soon after theyre locked up rather than waiting until just before theyre released under a bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder. The state...
View ArticleMichigan mandated inmate DNA tests leading police to suspects quicker than...
A new state law that mandates inmates give DNA samples is helping police solve dozens of cold cases. Since the mid 90s, all inmates have had to give DNA samples when they exit prisons and jails in...
View ArticleNew blood test can determine paternity before birth
Pregnant women in Michigan can now use a simple blood test to identify the father of their unborn child.Three labs across the state now offer the noninvasive prenatal paternity test. The Grand Rapids,...
View ArticleDNA tests upon arrest for certain crimes, Michigan Senate to take up bill
The Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to take up a bill this week that would expand DNA testing in the state. Senate Bill 105 would require people to provide a DNA sample when they are...
View ArticleAttorneys hope for new trial for Michigan man convicted of 1996 murder
Attorneys today will ask for a new trial for a man convicted of a 1996 rape and murder in Kalkaska. They say new evidence raises serious doubts about the man’s guilt. Jamie Lee Peterson is serving a...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court to decide whether paternity can be challenged after...
The state Supreme Court will decide whether a woman can have her ex-husband’s parental rights revoked because he’s not the biological father of her daughter. Paternity was never an issue in the divorce...
View ArticleJudge gives more time for evidence analysis in '81 homicide
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A Lansing-area prosecutor says DNA results in a 1981 murder have "created questions about everything" related to the case. Gretchen Whitmer spoke to The Associated Press after a...
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