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Judge Limits Evidence from Prosecutor Witness Based on Junk Science

June 17, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Judge Limits Evidence from Prosecutor Witness Based on Junk ScienceRead More

Retired Engineer Offers Free Expert Testimony for Flood Victims. Licensing Officials Threaten Him With Criminal Charges.

June 16, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Retired Engineer Offers Free Expert Testimony for Flood Victims. Licensing Officials Threaten Him With Criminal Charges.Read More

Tech giants have to hand over your data when federal investigators ask. Here’s why.

June 16, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Tech giants have to hand over your data when federal investigators ask. Here’s why.Read More

Forensic database challenged over ethics of DNA holdings

June 15, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Forensic database challenged over ethics of DNA holdingsRead More

Opinion: Ignoring deep-seated problems at D.C.’s crime lab will cost lives and taxpayers

June 13, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Opinion: Ignoring deep-seated problems at D.C.’s crime lab will cost lives and taxpayersRead More

The $2 Drug Test Keeping Inmates in Solitary

June 11, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

The $2 Drug Test Keeping Inmates in SolitaryRead More

D.C. Appeals Forensic Lab Suspension, Alleges Misdoings By U.S. Attorney’s Office

June 11, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

D.C. Appeals Forensic Lab Suspension, Alleges Misdoings By U.S. Attorney’s OfficeRead More

Study on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Finds ‘Conclusions Were Often Erroneous’

June 11, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Study on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Finds ‘Conclusions Were Often Erroneous’Read More

Documents: DC crime lab says it never concealed findings

June 11, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Documents: DC crime lab says it never concealed findingsRead More

The D.C. Crime Lab is in Trouble…Again

June 4, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

The D.C. Crime Lab is in Trouble…AgainRead More

Handwriting Examiners in the Digital Age

June 3, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Handwriting Examiners in the Digital AgeRead More

If facial recognition is not regulated now it will never be used responsibly

June 3, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

If facial recognition is not regulated now it will never be used responsiblyRead More

Putting Your Smart Phone on the Witness Stand

June 3, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Putting Your Smart Phone on the Witness StandRead More

Digital forensics experts prone to bias, study shows

May 31, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Digital forensics experts prone to bias, study showsRead More

Two New Laws Restrict Police Use of DNA Search Method

May 31, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Two New Laws Restrict Police Use of DNA Search MethodRead More