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The Biden Administration Must Put The Science Back Into Forensic Science

January 22, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

The Biden Administration Must Put The Science Back Into Forensic ScienceRead More

Austin’s Unreliable Crime Lab Could Lead to Another Wrongful Execution

January 20, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Austin’s Unreliable Crime Lab Could Lead to Another Wrongful ExecutionRead More

Massachusetts crime lab scandal could widen as another chemist is investigated

January 14, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Massachusetts crime lab scandal could widen as another chemist is investigatedRead More

When an I.Q. Score Is a Death Sentence

January 11, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

When an I.Q. Score Is a Death SentenceRead More

Murder charge dismissed after debunked bite-mark testimony

January 11, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Murder charge dismissed after debunked bite-mark testimonyRead More

Remarkable New Fifth Circuit Decision Limiting Cell Phone Searches

January 10, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Remarkable New Fifth Circuit Decision Limiting Cell Phone SearchesRead More

Concerned over DNA evidence, judge recommends new trial to Austin man on death row for 2009 slaying

January 6, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

Concerned over DNA evidence, judge recommends new trial to Austin man on death row for 2009 slayingRead More

Facial Recognition Technology Cited in False Arrest Case

December 30, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Facial Recognition Technology Cited in False Arrest CaseRead More

She didn’t know her kidnapper. But he was using Google Maps — and that cracked the case

December 29, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

She didn’t know her kidnapper. But he was using Google Maps — and that cracked the caseRead More

Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibis

December 28, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibisRead More

False Conviction – How fingerprint and firearm experts use misleading math to appear infallible.

December 17, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

False Conviction – How fingerprint and firearm experts use misleading math to appear infallible.Read More

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins looking into third chemist at state drug lab

December 17, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins looking into third chemist at state drug labRead More

Anatomy of a Crime Lab: Winning Convictions ‘On the Cheap’

December 15, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Anatomy of a Crime Lab: Winning Convictions ‘On the Cheap’Read More

Challenging Outdated Technology in Court and the Marketplace

December 12, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Challenging Outdated Technology in Court and the MarketplaceRead More

Conviction set aside in 1993 Michigan cold case in dispute over DNA expert

December 9, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Conviction set aside in 1993 Michigan cold case in dispute over DNA expertRead More