By a Biometrica staffer In 1993, a woman from Kentucky, Mary Byron, was raped, assaulted, and stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who was then arrested for those crimes. Unfortunately, he was released from jail when someone posted his bail. A short while after,...
By a Biometrica staffer If you are planning to apply for a new job, especially a federal one, or are planning to foster or adopt a child, or are considering other similar new opportunities or decisions in your life, it's very likely...
By Charlotte Spencer The United States’ DNA database laws, many may be surprised to find, are not uniform across the country. Rather, they are a patchwork of laws that vary in when DNA can be taken, why DNA can be taken, how...
By a Biometrica staffer Source: Screengrab from the DOJ-OJP report showing total juvenile arrests since 1980 In 2019, the number of arrests involving juveniles — persons younger than 18 — was estimated to be less than 700,000. That's the lowest level since...
All U.S. jurisdictions need to comply with the guidelines established by the Fair Credit Reporting Act or FCRA. In addition to federal guidelines on background checks, an employer has to be cognizant of state laws as to when they can run a...
By a Biometrica staffer Six men were arrested and charged federally with conspiring to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. They planned to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home in the Western...
The heartbreaking stories of multiple victim events, including human trafficking and homicide, and their implications for investigators and first responders, among others, will be the focus of the 2017 Annual National Missing and Unidentified Person’s Conference (MUPC) in Atlanta in September. We...