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A Texas man, Steven Mark Chaney, convicted over 25 years ago, in part by bite mark evidence and testimony that there was a “one to a million” chance that the bite marks belonged to another individual, has been released from prison…. Continue Reading →

The DC Department of Forensic Sciences is making major changes in its operations with help from an $8 million budget supplement passed by Mayor Muriel Bowster. The changes to the Department include a new data management system, better training for… Continue Reading →

In 1997, Kirsten Hatfield was taken from her home in the middle of the night.  Blood was found on the window sill outside of her bedroom and her underwear was discovered in the backyard. Seventeen years later, it was discovered… Continue Reading →

Police were able to run a DNA analysis on a Pepsi can found at the scene of a burglary to link the perpetrator to the crime.

Forensic artists gather in Florida this week with the goal of cracking cold cases. Each victim’s skull has been replicated using 3D printing. The forensic artists are using the 3D printed skulls, which reveal the contours of the face, the size of the… Continue Reading →

The Wall Street Journal writes that the relatively low pay of medical examiners, a mere $185,000 compared to $335,000 for holding a similar position with a private hospital, contributes to the shortage of medical examiners across the country. For four months this… Continue Reading →

NPR reports on the finding by the Texas Forensic Science Commission that procedures used by Texas labs are outdated. NPR reports that a solution, probabilistic genotyping, may be the solution for Texas crime labs that had been using cutting-edge ‘testing kits’… Continue Reading →

Forensic psychiatrists are trained to use objective measures to evaluate whether individuals were sane at the time that they committed a crime. Read more about the role of forensic psychiatrists in criminal and civl suits, as well as about their extensive… Continue Reading →

Cleveland’s Special Investigations Chief discusses the use of a “cell phone dumb” and “touch DNA” to catch a serial rapist in 2014.

The state police in Massachusetts have brought in an employee who will exclusively revisit cases between 1980 and 2000, in which forensic hair analyses were conducted.