Across the country, state and local crime labs are drowning in evidence. From rape kits to drug samples to vials of blood, ...

Lawmakers give CBI longer to spend $3 million to address rape kit backlog — with new oversight Citing lack of trust, budget writers had balked at extending agency’s authorization to tap ...

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Colorado Department of Public Safety have released the findings of an independent assessment of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's Forensic ...

Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a lab agent with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, points to a DNA chart during Diego Olmos Alcalde’s murder trial on Monday, June 22, 2009 in Boulder.

Victims of serious crimes like rape and murder are waiting well over a year for vital DNA evidence in Queensland, a damning ...

An NBC 5 investigation has raised questions about the Fort Worth Police Department's handling of sexual assault cases. The department has failed to test sexual assault evidence kits in a timely ...

The government is calling for an overhaul to the state’s forensic operations that are impacting court justice and victim ...

An explosive report into Queensland’s embattled DNA testing lab has exposed new flaws including contamination and excessive ...

Signaling a 'new era' in forensic investigation, a man caught through genetic genealogy gets life in prison for 1987 double murder William Talbott II was arrested in 2018 for a Nov. 1987 double ...

Historically, and even in some contemporary mindsets, forensic practice has been equated with investigation of criminal matters. Originating in medieval England, with coroners appointed by the ...