The city had to outsource forensic work to private vendors until parts of the troubled crime lab got back up and running. The number of DNA profiles extracted from local evidence and uploaded to a ...

The former crime lab employee says her participation in an investigation into alleged wrongdoings led to her being ostracized ...

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 ...

The analysis that raised eyebrows at the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory involved a drive-by shooting that killed a Massachusetts man in Pawtucket in 2021. Some criminalists at the nationally ...

The country’s forensic crime scene capacity is under severe strain, with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) warning ...

The Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory is undergoing a full accreditation assessment following the discovery of cases of misidentified bullet casings. The lab has hired private contractors to assist ...

New Orleans Police Department's Crime Lab has achieved full accreditation, restoring Serology services post-Katrina.

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 ...