A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong backlogs across a range of cases, including those requiring DNA and ...

Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s forensic laboratory.

Is a Texas lab the key to solving the Nancy Guthrie disappearance? Othram takes tiny, degraded samples of DNA to build a ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is recognizing the hardworking men and women of the Crime Laboratory Division during National Forensic Science Week. (Courtesy Photo) Established in 1937, the ...

The state’s forensic lab played a crucial role in tying two firearms to the Brown University shooting in Rhode Island earlier this month and the subsequent killing of a professor in Massachusetts. “We ...

In a groundbreaking collaboration that merges public safety innovation with higher education advancement, Chautauqua County and the State University of New York at Fredonia have announced a joint ...

Massachusetts officials announced plans to build a new centralized forensic laboratory in Marlborough, consolidating existing crime labs and expanding statewide forensic capabilities. Construction is ...

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Across the country, state and local crime labs are drowning in evidence. From rape kits to drug samples to vials of blood, delays in forensic testing are stalling prosecutions, stretching court ...