While they remain a singularly popular pop-culture genre, the police and court procedurals that draw the eyes and attention of television viewers on a daily basis have, unfortunately, given most ...

Here, we highlight a few “worst of the worst” offenders when it comes to junk science. We lead with a decision from years past—likely familiar to the reader, as the issue (whether vaccines can cause ...

Robert Roberson speaks to Lester Holt. It’s a convenient diagnosis for prosecutors, because it provides motive (the “vigorous” shaking implies anger at the child), cause of death (vigorous shaking), ...

A criminalist holds a rape kit at the LAPD’s crime lab at the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center in Los Angeles. Photo: Getty Images This is an excerpt from The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate’s legal ...

Brian Wharton, the lead detective who testified for the prosecution at trial but now believes that Robert Roberson is innocent, speaks during a news conference in front of the Anderson County ...

It's Halloween. So what could be scarier than a state throwing a person in prison for arson when the fire was accidental? Executing him. That's the lesson of a report released Friday by the Texas ...

DNA Analysis Results Are Available Instantly Hollywood loves to show forensic labs producing DNA matches within minutes, but reality is starkly different. Television shows like NCIS or CSI portray DNA ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate's legal ...