There are plenty of reasons for forensic misconduct. But there is also the reality that many crime labs lack proper oversight. Annie Dookhan, (center), pictured with her family in a Boston courtroom ...
Forensic science has become a mainstay of many a TV drama, and it’s just as important in real-life criminal trials. Drawing on biology, chemistry, genetics, medicine and psychology, forensic evidence ...
You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists ...
Late last year, Michigan’s criminal justice system reached a sad milestone: According to the National Registry of Exonerations, more than 100 men and women have been exonerated in the state since 1989 ...
“It's not just the incarcerated person and the victims who didn't get justice … it's also their families, their communities, and then ultimately, the reason why our system works is we trust it, and ...
In 1994, Kevin Keith was sentenced to death in Ohio for a triple homicide, as recounted in Kim Kardashian’s new podcast The System. Keith was scheduled to be executed in September 2010, but just ...
MERIDIAN, Idaho (KIFI) - In honor of National Forensic Science Week, Idaho State Police (ISP) and Idaho law enforcement agencies celebrate the contributions of forensic science in the pursuit of truth ...
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday he is ending an Obama-era partnership with independent scientists that aimed to improve the reliability of forensic science, as longstanding ...
Saint Louis University's Forensic Science B.S., Crime Scene Investigation concentration students are a natural fit for this accelerated B.S. to the Criminology and Criminal Justice, M.A. accelerated ...
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 ...
Alyssa Stolecki ’20, a criminal justice major, has immersed herself in hands-on learning opportunities throughout her time at the University of New Haven. Among her most memorable experiences were her ...
Television crime dramas like “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and its many spin-offs have fostered the popular belief that forensic science, or the use of science to solve crimes, is infallible. Yet, ...