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Powerful DNA Software Used in Hundreds of Criminal Cases Faces New Scrutiny

March 9, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Powerful DNA Software Used in Hundreds of Criminal Cases Faces New ScrutinyRead More

Defense lawyer alleges ‘systemic failures’ at Maine State Police forensic lab

March 4, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Defense lawyer alleges ‘systemic failures’ at Maine State Police forensic labRead More

Lawyer goes to court for access to Maine crime lab records

March 3, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Lawyer goes to court for access to Maine crime lab recordsRead More

Bad science sent innocent men to prison. N.C. DOJ wouldn’t review other cases where it was used.

March 3, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Bad science sent innocent men to prison. N.C. DOJ wouldn’t review other cases where it was used.Read More

How One State Managed to Actually Write Rules on Facial Recognition

February 27, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

How One State Managed to Actually Write Rules on Facial RecognitionRead More

Federal Court Agrees: Prosecutors Can’t Keep Forensic Evidence Secret from Defendants

February 26, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Federal Court Agrees: Prosecutors Can’t Keep Forensic Evidence Secret from DefendantsRead More

New York City said it would purge its DNA database. A year later, it’s expanded.

February 23, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

New York City said it would purge its DNA database. A year later, it’s expanded.Read More

App trackers secretly sell your location data to the government. App stores won’t stop them.

February 23, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

App trackers secretly sell your location data to the government. App stores won’t stop them.Read More

Biden’s Science Adviser Pick Could Advance Justice Reforms

February 21, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Biden’s Science Adviser Pick Could Advance Justice ReformsRead More

Opinion: Study finds cognitive bias in how medical examiners evaluate child deaths

February 20, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Opinion: Study finds cognitive bias in how medical examiners evaluate child deathsRead More

Innocence Project Calls on Department of Justice to Retract Statement on PCAST Report

February 19, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Innocence Project Calls on Department of Justice to Retract Statement on PCAST ReportRead More

Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit used by police

February 4, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit used by policeRead More

The Trump DOJ Snuck In One Last Effort to Push Junk Science in Court

February 4, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

The Trump DOJ Snuck In One Last Effort to Push Junk Science in CourtRead More

DNA Analysis

February 3, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

DNA AnalysisRead More

Austin City Council to vote to separate forensics lab from APD

January 30, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Austin City Council to vote to separate forensics lab from APDRead More