Michelle Troconis’ trial in Stamford continued on Monday for a 17 th day and the jury heard more about DNA evidence from Kristen Madel, a member of the State Forensic Lab team, who was back on the ...

The lessons of the FBI failures in microscopic hair and bloodstain pattern analyses are clear.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of ...

Three men who spent more than two decades in prison for a North Philadelphia murder were exonerated Tuesday after prosecutors determined that flawed forensic testimony undermined the integrity of thei ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced plans on Monday to issue federal guidance on what forensic experts can and cannot say in court. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the Uniform ...

FBI forensic examiner Aimee Qulia describes the report she wrote reconstructing the trajectory of the bullets Jason Meade fired at Casey Goodson Jr. in North Linden in 2020 during testimony Feb. 2, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is trying to shore up faltering confidence in forensic science and how its experts ...

Karen Read is facing second-degree murder charges and the possibility of life in prison for the January 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. Read pleaded not guilty to ...

Captain Laurance Makgotloe, a forensic analyst attached to the SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory, is set to apply for bail in ...

Forensic scientists both help solve crimes and aid in exonerating innocent people. They use scientific methods to analyze crime scene evidence and write reports to law enforcement explaining what that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is trying to shore up faltering confidence in forensic science and how its experts describe their findings in court, a push that comes months after similar ...