The large number of unexamined rape kits nationwide -- as high as 400,000 by some estimates -- is drawing attention across the country as well. Read more
Staff at “over-stretched” forensic science laboratories face “burn-out” after an instruction by the Treasury for the police to cut back on hiring in the coming year. Lieutenant General Johan... Read more
Human error at a private forensic services lab is being blamed for DNA contamination that led to the wrong man facing trial for rape. Read more
As his defense lawyers were working to free Michael Morton from prison because of a wrongful conviction that raised questions of prosecutor misconduct, Austin police doctored a crime lab rep... Read more
A Virginia law, that allows police to collect your DNA if you are arrested for a violent crime, could be overturned. A Court of Appeals in Maryland has just declared a similar law unconstitu... Read more
This week the Brazilian Congress approved Bill 2.458/2011, which regulates the collection and storage of genetic profiles from individuals for criminal investigations. It was an uncommonly f... Read more
The field of forensic science has seen tremendous growth in the last few decades. CSI and other TV series have helped to popularize the use of DNA samples to catch a suspect. DNA evidence, h... Read more
There’s an unknown number of evidence kits across the country — all with the key to solving cold cases — that sit untested Read more
Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday blocked police in most cases from collecting DNA samples when they arrest suspects in violent crimes and burglaries, dealing a blow to one of Gov. M... Read more
A Newcastle barrister has questioned New South Wales Government claims that DNA testing has been reduced to an average 14 day turnaround time. Two years ago the forensic testing backlog reac... Read more