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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The city's independent crime lab on Tuesday announced an ambitious plan to clear a backlog of hundreds of rape kits and other DNA evidence, the latest effort to rein in a recurring problem that has ...

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,” ...

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 director of a state-run forensic testing lab has been suspended by Queensland government in the latest scandal over botched DNA sampling. It follows a pause in testing at Forensic Science ...

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 ...