A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong backlogs across a range of cases, including those requiring DNA and ...

A scientist became concerned about contamination at Queensland's forensic lab after a high number of bone and teeth samples failed to yield proper DNA profiles, an inquiry has heard. Angelina Keller ...

The abilities of DNA testing have grown to provide investigators greater insight from biological data. This guide aims to offer a simple summary of the contemporary technology landscape, and to ...

A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong backlogs across a range of cases, including those requiring DNA and ...

The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office and Adnan Syed, whose case became nationally known in the “Serial” podcast that ran in 2014, have agreed to request “additional forensic testing,” ...

SANTA CRUZ — When they’re planning to rob a liquor store, most criminals think to wear gloves and cover their faces. But few of them commit to shaving their heads to avoid leaving behind even a single ...

A forensic scientist has described Queensland's commission of inquiry into forensic DNA testing as the "most important event" the state's criminal justice system has ever seen. The inquiry has heard ...

The average turnaround time for DNA testing at Minnesota’s state crime lab has grown to more than four months, prompting law enforcement leaders to sound the alarm Tuesday. They said with more funding ...

A second independent inquiry into how one state runs its forensic DNA testing has been ordered after more botched samples were revealed. It comes months after Judge Walter Sofronoff found during the ...

The Netflix series Making A Murderer drew attention to a number of failures in the justice system, from police and prosecutorial misconduct, to the collection and scientific analysis of the physical ...