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Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show

October 8, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs showRead More

After report on Austin Police DNA lab quality issues, vision for new lab still unclear

October 6, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

After report on Austin Police DNA lab quality issues, vision for new lab still unclearRead More

City of Austin releases report on what contributed to ‘significant’ quality issues in the APD DNA lab

October 4, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

City of Austin releases report on what contributed to ‘significant’ quality issues in the APD DNA labRead More

Progress made but a lot more needed to free the innocent

October 4, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Progress made but a lot more needed to free the innocentRead More

Amazon’s surveillance cameras fly now — which is unsettling

September 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Amazon’s surveillance cameras fly now — which is unsettlingRead More

Her Lawyers Say She Was Coerced to Plead Guilty to a Crime That Never Happened

September 23, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Her Lawyers Say She Was Coerced to Plead Guilty to a Crime That Never HappenedRead More

Disciplinary Hearings Begin For Ex-Prosecutors Accused Of Withholding Evidence In Farak Drug Lab Scandal

September 22, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Disciplinary Hearings Begin For Ex-Prosecutors Accused Of Withholding Evidence In Farak Drug Lab ScandalRead More

Fourth Circuit Appeals Court Seems Skeptical That Baltimore’s Aerial Surveillance System Violates The Fourth Amendment

September 21, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Fourth Circuit Appeals Court Seems Skeptical That Baltimore’s Aerial Surveillance System Violates The Fourth AmendmentRead More

Lots of Drugs, Lax Oversight: Former SF Medical Examiner Staffers Say Lab Analyst’s Meth Arrest ‘Just the Tip of the Iceberg’

September 21, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Lots of Drugs, Lax Oversight: Former SF Medical Examiner Staffers Say Lab Analyst’s Meth Arrest ‘Just the Tip of the Iceberg’Read More

A scientist in Fort Worth’s crime lab says rules were broken. Now a judge wants answers.

September 18, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

A scientist in Fort Worth’s crime lab says rules were broken. Now a judge wants answers.Read More

Wilson Center for Science and Justice tackles criminal justice reform with $5 million grant

September 18, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Wilson Center for Science and Justice tackles criminal justice reform with $5 million grantRead More

Arrest of lab worker at SF medical examiner’s office, allegedly with evidence bag of meth, could taint cases

September 12, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Arrest of lab worker at SF medical examiner’s office, allegedly with evidence bag of meth, could taint casesRead More

District Attorney to probe forensic lab analyst’s work after arrest

September 12, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

District Attorney to probe forensic lab analyst’s work after arrestRead More

The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals

September 9, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminalsRead More

Forensic Botanists: The Science of Using Plants to Find Bodies

September 3, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Forensic Botanists: The Science of Using Plants to Find BodiesRead More