The third time was the charm for the director of Rhode Island’s State Crime Lab to win approval to return most forensic testing on gun cartridges or shells in-house as the facility continues to ...

Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong ...

Avery was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2007. Steven Avery is escorted into a Calumet County courtroom during the opening day in his murder trial, Feb. 12, 2007, in Chilton, Wis. Morry ...

The report is part of a criminal investigation into the deadly shooting. The gun used in the fatal shooting on the "Rust" movie set could not have been fired without pulling the trigger, according to ...

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

Across the country, state and local crime labs are drowning in evidence. From rape kits to drug samples to vials of blood, delays in forensic testing are stalling prosecutions, stretching court ...