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 ...

Closing arguments will likely begin Monday.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Testimony resumed Thursday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three ...

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 ...

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 ...