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The verdict is in: Courtrooms seldom overrule bad science

February 16, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

The verdict is in: Courtrooms seldom overrule bad scienceRead More

Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit?

February 15, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit?Read More

Yogurt shop controversy: Privacy vs science

February 14, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Yogurt shop controversy: Privacy vs scienceRead More

New Ohio Supreme Court task force will study wrongful convictions

February 13, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

New Ohio Supreme Court task force will study wrongful convictionsRead More

Exonerated: How DNA helped free El Dorado man and find new cold-case murder suspect

February 13, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Exonerated: How DNA helped free El Dorado man and find new cold-case murder suspectRead More

Raleigh police abruptly end use of controversial facial recognition tech

February 12, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Raleigh police abruptly end use of controversial facial recognition techRead More

The world’s scariest facial recognition software, explained

February 11, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

The world’s scariest facial recognition software, explainedRead More

How witness identifications send innocent people to prison

February 11, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

How witness identifications send innocent people to prisonRead More

Federal prosecutors question integrity and competence of DC crime lab

February 11, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Federal prosecutors question integrity and competence of DC crime labRead More

Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Prevent Wrongful Convictions Resulting from Faulty Expert Witness Testimony

February 8, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Prevent Wrongful Convictions Resulting from Faulty Expert Witness TestimonyRead More

Lawsuit: SDPD evidence contamination occurs once per month

February 7, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Lawsuit: SDPD evidence contamination occurs once per monthRead More

Council committee to examine city’s controversial DNA database

February 7, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Council committee to examine city’s controversial DNA databaseRead More

Why we don’t know as much as we should about police surveillance technology

February 5, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Why we don’t know as much as we should about police surveillance technologyRead More

Police suspected a crime lab technician of murder. Their mistake led him to hang himself, his widow says.

February 5, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Police suspected a crime lab technician of murder. Their mistake led him to hang himself, his widow says.Read More

Broward Medical Examiner’s Office Toxicologist Fired Over Error

February 4, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Broward Medical Examiner’s Office Toxicologist Fired Over ErrorRead More