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Current Massachusetts law bars rape prosecutions in cases older than 15 years, even when there’s a DNA match. The governor wants to change it.

More than seven years after DNA testing freed two men from prison, clearing them in the 1994 slaying of Antwinica Bridgeman, prosecutors have not filed new charges in the case despite a genetic match ...

DNA has led to the arrest of a man who the Collier County Sheriff's Office says broke into a woman's home and sexually battered her at knifepoint more than 21 years ago. "This was a heinous crime, and ...

A yearlong investigation into a burglary at a Robeson Township convenience store led to charges against a Reading man after DNA evidence linked him to the scene,police said. The break-in occurred in ...