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San Francisco DA Posts List Of Cases Possibly Impacted By Forensic Lab Analyst Misconduct

November 20, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

San Francisco DA Posts List Of Cases Possibly Impacted By Forensic Lab Analyst MisconductRead More

Forensic ‘expert’ who performed illegal autopsies without a medical degree – including on Michael Brown – and was accused of stealing a body and a brain is indicted on federal wire fraud charges

November 19, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Forensic ‘expert’ who performed illegal autopsies without a medical degree – including on Michael Brown – and was accused of stealing a body and a brain is indicted on federal wire fraud chargesRead More

108 Convictions Tied to Massachusetts Chemist’s Misconduct May Be Vacated

November 17, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

108 Convictions Tied to Massachusetts Chemist’s Misconduct May Be VacatedRead More

Woman who cost parents custody of their children headed to prison

November 13, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Woman who cost parents custody of their children headed to prisonRead More

Worker who reported violations at Fort Worth police crime lab alleges retaliation

November 13, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Worker who reported violations at Fort Worth police crime lab alleges retaliationRead More

DC judge orders forensic lab to turn over some documents sought by prosecutors

November 10, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

DC judge orders forensic lab to turn over some documents sought by prosecutorsRead More

DC forensic lab under scrutiny after evidence errors discovered in murder cases

November 2, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

DC forensic lab under scrutiny after evidence errors discovered in murder casesRead More

He Did Not Commit the Crime. Yet He Served 44 Years in Prison.

October 30, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

He Did Not Commit the Crime. Yet He Served 44 Years in Prison.Read More

Does Illinois’ pot law pass the smell test? Scent of weed can still prompt cops to search vehicles

October 27, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Does Illinois’ pot law pass the smell test? Scent of weed can still prompt cops to search vehiclesRead More

Is fairness in the NYPD’s DNA?

October 26, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Is fairness in the NYPD’s DNA?Read More

A flawed investigation left Jason Lively behind bars for 14 years for a fire he didn’t set. He’s not alone.

October 22, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

A flawed investigation left Jason Lively behind bars for 14 years for a fire he didn’t set. He’s not alone.Read More

Mass Extraction: The Widespread Power of U.S. Law Enforcement to Search Mobile Phones

October 21, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Mass Extraction: The Widespread Power of U.S. Law Enforcement to Search Mobile PhonesRead More

The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone

October 21, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

The Police Can Probably Break Into Your PhoneRead More

Queens murder probe samples among 1,845 DNA profiles NYPD proposes purging from NYC Medical Examiner database

October 14, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Queens murder probe samples among 1,845 DNA profiles NYPD proposes purging from NYC Medical Examiner databaseRead More

Scientists in ME’s office raise concerns over NYPD’s DNA collection methods

October 11, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Scientists in ME’s office raise concerns over NYPD’s DNA collection methodsRead More