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Private forensic laboratories argue that they could help cut the backlog of DNA evidence awaiting analysis in many states if an FBI requirement were eliminated or eased. Hundreds of thousands of “rape kits” remain untested because state and local crime laboratories are unable to handle the load, representatives of New Jersey-based Orchid Cellmark Inc. told leaders of criminal-justice organizations yesterday in Washington, D.C. The private lab says a major problem is an FBI rule that any evidence test contracted out by a public lab to a private one must undergo a “100% technical review,” which typically takes more than four hours per case. (more…)

Senior Vice President

WestCare

(702) 385-2090

Nevada

leslie.balonick@westcare.com

President

JFA Institute

Nevada

Asstin@aol.com

More than 100,000 people disappear every year in the U.S.  But there are few national tools to help anxious relatives locate their loved ones.

Casey King, 30, was juggling a newborn baby and two older children when her husband Jody went missing last April.  She had no doubt something was wrong. Jody, 28, adored his children—and it was hard to believe he would disappear voluntarily a few weeks after the birth of their third daughter.

But convincing law enforcement, public officials, and others  was a different matter.

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A Baltimore inmate who bluffed his way out of prison probably wouldn’t have tricked guards if they had eye-scanners like those being installed at many jails, the Associated Press reports. The federal government is paying for the scanners to help build a nearly foolproof identification system to stop to such escapes. Raymond Taylor was serving three life sentences for shooting his ex-girlfriend and her two teenage daughters. He impersonated a cellmate last week and was released. He was arrested the next day in West Virginia. (more…)

Director of Couples and Family Therapy

San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

University of California, San Francisco

keith.armstrong@va.gov