Ledura Watkins was 19 years old when he was accused of murdering a public school teacher. At trial, a forensic expert testified that a single hair found at the scene was similar to Watkins' and stated ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of ...

FBI forensic examiner Aimee Qulia describes the report she wrote reconstructing the trajectory of the bullets Jason Meade fired at Casey Goodson Jr. in North Linden in 2020 during testimony Feb. 2, ...

The Justice Department is trying to shore up faltering confidence in forensic science and how its experts describe their findings in court, a push that comes months after similar efforts dating to the ...

The Justice Department on Monday proposed expanding its review of forensic testimony by the FBI Laboratory beyond hair matching to widely used techniques such as fingerprint examinations and ...

Nearly every criminal case reviewed by the FBI and the Justice Department as part of a massive investigation started in 2012 of problems at the FBI lab has included flawed forensic testimony from the ...

A second retired forensic expert took the witness stand Friday to explain more processing of evidence pulled from various scenes to the jury in the trial of Michelle Troconis. Day 16 also offered new ...

Digital forensic investigators get their day in court but it may never end for some who regularly testify as expert witnesses. At CEIC (Computer Examinations and Investigations Conference) in Las ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is trying to shore up faltering confidence in forensic science and how its experts describe their findings in court, a push that comes months after similar efforts ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced plans on Monday to issue federal guidance on what forensic experts can and cannot say in court. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the Uniform ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is trying to shore up faltering confidence in forensic science and how its experts ...