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After the FBI revised protocols and statistics for DNA testing, there could be hundreds of cases that will be called into question in Williamson and Travis counties. Law enforcement officials are particularly concerned about samples where there is potentially “mixed”… Continue Reading →

In 1988, a child molestation was reported to Elkhart County law enforcement. Over the years, many leads on the case failed to pan out, but forensic samples containing spermatazoa were kept stored with the Elkhart County Sheriff. At the time,… Continue Reading →

The Innocence Project has called upon the Texas Forensic Science Commission to discredit bitemark identification evidence in criminal cases and call a moratorium on its use, stating a lack of reliability in the “science.” Although bitemark is rarely used in criminal… Continue Reading →

A Pittsburgh-area man named Michael Robinson was accused of murder after a computer program called TrueAllele matched his DNA to the DNA on a bandana found at the crime scene. Initially, experts said that there were three individuals’ DNA on… Continue Reading →

The backlog has left some suspects waiting in prison for over a year without a trial, and further delays could lead suspected criminals to walk out of jail if speedy trials right are violated. In Colbert County, Micheal Logan has… Continue Reading →

Analysts at an Arizona state crime laboratory noticed a strange occurrence when two individuals in their database of 65,493-person database had the same two markers at nine of the 13 places on their listed DNA profile. If picking a random non-Hispanic person… Continue Reading →

Warner’s autopsy report revealed that potassium acetate, rather than the potassium chloride which Oklahoma’s protocol calls for, was used in his execution. Warner’s execution had previously been stayed when another inmate’s execution was botched on the day Warner had been… Continue Reading →

The Texas Forensic Science Commission is implementing more conservative standards in DNA testing where there is “mixed DNA.” Some pieces of evidence, such as doorknobs, might have multiple subjects’ DNA on them.  The new standards will use new statistical data released… Continue Reading →

A Fayette County judge determined in a hearing that the bite-mark expert “could not testify to a reasonable scientific degree of certainty about the validity of bite-mark analysis.” The expert later told the judge “he started to doubt the validity of… Continue Reading →

Forensic scientists from the University of South Florida will use 3-D printers to recreate skulls and facial features of nine unidentified murder victims, with cases dating as far back as 1967. They hope to present 9 busts to the public in… Continue Reading →