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The Supreme Court’s ‘alternative facts’ about drug-sniffing dogs

February 4, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

The Supreme Court’s ‘alternative facts’ about drug-sniffing dogsRead More

Years of drug cases under review after police department fires forensic chemist

February 1, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Years of drug cases under review after police department fires forensic chemistRead More

Beware of the ‘magic box’ for DNA testing

January 31, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Beware of the ‘magic box’ for DNA testingRead More

One Of The Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBI

January 31, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

One Of The Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBIRead More

The criminal justice system also has an ‘alternative facts’ problem

January 31, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

The criminal justice system also has an ‘alternative facts’ problemRead More

Could Black English Mean a Prison Sentence?

January 31, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Could Black English Mean a Prison Sentence?Read More

Prisons across the U.S. are quietly building databases of incarcerated people’s voice prints

January 30, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Prisons across the U.S. are quietly building databases of incarcerated people’s voice printsRead More

He was jailed for 41 days for having heroin. It was only detergent — and part of a wider scandal.(FL)

January 30, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

He was jailed for 41 days for having heroin. It was only detergent — and part of a wider scandal.(FL)Read More

Are Police Lineups Always Fair? See for Yourself

January 29, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Are Police Lineups Always Fair? See for YourselfRead More

Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones

January 28, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of CellphonesRead More

Georgia Prisoner Gets New Trial Based on DNA Mix — Not Race

January 25, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Georgia Prisoner Gets New Trial Based on DNA Mix — Not RaceRead More

Facing Facts

January 25, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Facing FactsRead More

How Corruption in Forensic Science is Harming the Criminal Justice System

January 25, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

How Corruption in Forensic Science is Harming the Criminal Justice SystemRead More

Maryland Bill Proposes Curbing Forensic Genealogy

January 24, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

Maryland Bill Proposes Curbing Forensic GenealogyRead More

‘We are going backward’: How the justice system ignores science in the pursuit of convictions

January 23, 2019 // by Chris Liu-Beers

‘We are going backward’: How the justice system ignores science in the pursuit of convictionsRead More