Beyond that, many labs are connected to law enforcement agencies, which experts say leads to bias and pressure to churn out results that solve cases quickly rather than follow national standards ...

The university said the goal of the forensic firearms and forensic biology programs is to help create a pipeline of trained ...

Kathy Eppler had waited seven years to see the man who murdered her two brothers and sister-in-law be punished for his crimes. Garrett Coughlin was sentenced to life without parole in the triple ...

Eight-color STR multiplex system provides more information per casework sample MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New chemistry for DNA analysis will empower forensic laboratories to overcome common ...

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 ...

Relief is coming for crime scene investigators and toxicologists who have struggled to accurately and swiftly identify drugs that have been seized by law enforcement and may be relied on as evidence ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Three experts at NMS Labs will be recognized at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) meeting in Washington, D.C. Barry K. Logan, PhD, DABFT, National Director ...

When Colette Kulpowicz Smith was growing up in Shenandoah, she wanted to play on a boys’ Little League baseball team. At the time, 40 or so years ago, girls were not welcome on boys’ baseball teams in ...

WVU doctoral student Alexandra Adeoye and forensic chemist Glen Jackson load a sample for analysis on a Q-TOF mass spectrometer, which measures the accurate mass of different drugs and their fragments ...