Criminal Legal News: October, 2025

Volume 8, Number 10

In this issue:

How to Build a Human; A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias. (p 1)

How to Build a Human; A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2025 by Jordan Smith published in Criminal Legal News October, 2025, page 1

Filed under: Forensic Sciences, Fourth Amendment, rights, DNA Evidence, Advanced Imaging Technology. Location: United States of America.

Originally published on February 2, 2025. Republished with permission from The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2025/02/02/forensic-dna-phenotyping-parabon-nanolabs-police/, an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Sign up for The Intercept’s Newsletter https://theintercept.com/newsletter/

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