New concerns emerge as a forensic scientist involved in the JonBenet Ramsey investigation has pleaded guilty to mishandling ...

Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and national security, PCR ...

A former forensic analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation faces between eight and 16 years in prison after a ...

Crime documentaries and courtroom dramas offer only a glimpse into the complex world of forensic science. While DNA analysis plays a key role in identifying suspects or victims, the scope of ...

Research has found a less expensive and easier to use test to learn more about forensic touch DNA. This research has important implications for forensic investigations and being able to identify DNA ...

Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...

Kati Weis is a Murrow Award-winning reporter for CBS News based in New Orleans, covering the Southeast. She previously worked as an investigative reporter at CBS News Colorado in their Denver newsroom ...

In June 2021, Australian forensic biologist Kirsty Wright was on holiday when she got a phone call from a journalist who was investigating a young woman’s unsolved murder and needed an expert to ...

Kathy Eppler had waited seven years to see the man who murdered her two brothers and sister-in-law be punished for his crimes. Garrett Coughlin was sentenced to life without parole in the triple ...

MEMPHIS – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Quarles & Brady LLP, filed a lawsuit today challenging the state’s denial of fingerprint testing in the case of Tony Carruthers ...

Faulty DNA tests being used in criminal cases in Texas could impact more than 1,000 cases. Under some circumstances, these tests were incorrectly coming back as insufficient DNA to test. More than ...

The Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions, Todd Fuller, has decided to seek to re-try the man and seek a conviction for rape, despite an acquittal after the original prosecution in 2022. An ...