Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The focus in court today is shifting from eyewitness accounts to science. Jurors today are getting a closer look at forensic evidence, including the bloody clothing investigators ...

Property crime is the most common form of criminal victimization in the United States. Unfortunately, it is also the least ...

What may look like nothing to the naked eye can now be critical evidence for investigators in Amherst County, thanks to new ...

A forensic scientist surmised that Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper left loads of his DNA in her home when she was abducted.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) — Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s forensic laboratory. South Carolina Law Enforcement’s ...

An investigation initially punctuated by ransom notes and public pleas from family members for Nancy Guthrie’s release has since transitioned to investigators seeking results from DNA evidence ...

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her Tucson home on January 31.

How do lawyers view forensic evidence? And how do individuals who make up juries view forensic evidence? Some lawyers complain of a CSI effect, in which jurors expect that every case should involve ...

Law enforcement agencies across Connecticut now have access to a powerful new tool designed to significantly reduce the time ...