He died a convicted murderer. Can a DNA test clear his name?

Over his 34 years in prison, Shawn Tanner always maintained he was not guilty of murder, insisting on his innocence right up ...

DNA testing could clear a dead man’s name — and point to a serial killer

Over 34 years in prison, Shawn Tanner maintained he was not guilty of murder. A legal battle over whether the dead can clear their names will grant his final wish.

NYPD used DNA research to identify the victim of a brutal 1990 homicide. But who wanted her dead?

A mystery woman found bludgeoned to death in an abandoned Brooklyn building in 1990 finally has a name, investigators using DNA research to reach back generations and build a family tree that ...

Unmasking of REAL ransom note writer behind Lindbergh baby kidnapping... as executed man's family point the finger: 'Release the saliva'

Attorney Kurt Perhach believes he is on the cusp of finding a new suspect or suspects in the 1932 murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, the son of the famed aviator.
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Identical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart?

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific ...