Read more evidence stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36173/evidence.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:40:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73267/dog-scent-lineups-called-stupid-pet-tricks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter years sniffing out drugs and explosives, police scent dogs have found a controversial new line of work: In "scent lineups," a dog given a scent from the scene of a crime picks out a matching smell from a lineup of swabs taken from suspects. Advocates say scent lineups have...http://www.newser.com/story/73267/dog-scent-lineups-called-stupid-pet-tricks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 8:45:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66361/no-blood-found-in-casey-anthonys-trunk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProsecutors in the Casey Anthony case released a flurry of documents today, including a three-dimensional animated movie of the area where her daughter’s body was found, crime scene photos, and a 1,100-page report by investigators, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Among the revelations: No blood was found in the trunk...http://www.newser.com/story/66361/no-blood-found-in-casey-anthonys-trunk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 11:36:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63223/lawsuits-raise-stink-over-police-dogs-scent-evidence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecent lawsuits are bringing the reliability of police dogs’ noses into question, USA Today reports. Since 2004, three men have been released after wrongful convictions based partially on scent evidence, and two current federal suits target a well-known Texas deputy who works with his dogs across the nation. “It’s a...http://www.newser.com/story/63223/lawsuits-raise-stink-over-police-dogs-scent-evidence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 15:48:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62254/fbi-finds-child-porn-on-museum-shooters-computer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice discovered child pornography on a computer during a search of the home of suspected Holocaust Museum gunman James von Brunn, the Washington Post reports. FBI agents would not detail the amount or type of material discovered in the 88-year-old's Annapolis apartment. They also found a rifle, a handwritten will,...http://www.newser.com/story/62254/fbi-finds-child-porn-on-museum-shooters-computer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 15:44:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62225/convicts-dont-have-right-to-test-dna-supreme-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court said today that convicts have no constitutional right to test DNA evidence in hopes of proving their innocence long after they were found guilty of a crime. The court ruled 5-4, with the conservative justices in the majority, against William Osborne, an Alaska man convicted in a...http://www.newser.com/story/62225/convicts-dont-have-right-to-test-dna-supreme-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 9:54:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61567/rogue-prosecutor-targets-knox.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith “flawed and flimsy” evidence and “no motive,” the murder trial of Amanda Knox seems more about a prosecutor’s ambitions than any likelihood the American student actually killed her housemate, Timothy Egan writes in the New York Times. “Any fair-minded jury would have thrown” the case “out months ago,” Egan...http://www.newser.com/story/61567/rogue-prosecutor-targets-knox.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 8:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61164/drug-smuggling-subs-go-high-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's not a lark anymore: Miniature submarines now carry about a third of the cocaine smuggled into the US. With the numbers up, the Washington Post takes a look at how these so-called semi-submersibles have gotten more and more high-tech over the last 2 years. Authorities say sub builders are...http://www.newser.com/story/61164/drug-smuggling-subs-go-high-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Jun 2009 14:25:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57661/weddings-off-after-fiancee-visits-markoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMegan McAllister visited her fiancé, accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff, in jail yesterday, sans engagement ring, WBZ 4 reports. "It's time to move on with other things in her life," her lawyer says. "She's going to take up her life with her friends and her family in New Jersey. I...http://www.newser.com/story/57661/weddings-off-after-fiancee-visits-markoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 9:39:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57197/markoff-to-family-forget-about-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAccused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff told his family “there is more coming out” yesterday during their jail visit, a source tells the Boston Herald . Along with his parents, Markoff saw his brother and sister-in-law, telling them to “forget about me” and “move to California.” His lawyer released a statement saying...http://www.newser.com/story/57197/markoff-to-family-forget-about-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Apr 2009 12:57:36 CDT