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In The News

2014-02-19 | Wrongly convicted Elkhart woman sues two cops for bad evidence
Canen has maintained her innocence all along. The only evidence entered against her at trial was a fingerprint found on a Tupperware container inside Sailor's apartment, which was believed to have been handled by the killer. Chapman, who presented himself as an expert in fingerprint identification despite having had no training or experience in the field, testified that the fingerprint belonged to Canen, the suit alleges. The print evidence originally had been sent to the Indiana State Crime Lab but was withdrawn "for reasons unknown," and was then given to Chapman for his analysis, the suit alleges.

2014-02-03 | Thousands of Fla. Cases May be Compromised
The fate of thousands of criminal cases across the state -- including ones in Central Florida -- are uncertain after Saturday's stunning revelation that a law-enforcement chemist allegedly stole pain pills for years from an evidence room in the Panhandle.

2014-01-21 | Missing evidence prompted review of county Forensics, Crime labs
The review that led to the impending closure of the Lorain County Forensics Laboratory was prompted when a bag of prescription drugs a county judge had ordered destroyed went missing. General Division Court Administrator Tim Lubbe said the final decision to shutter the Forensics Lab, where probationers are drug tested, was ultimately a financial one and not connected to the missing pills, which were later recovered and destroyed.

2014-01-21 | Medical examiner's unique technique helps ID desert dead
That experience led Hess and medicolegal death investigator Gene Hernandez to collaborate on a presentation detailing how they've refined a process their office performs again and again and again, steadily producing fingerprint that triggered 34 identifications in 2011-2012 alone.

2014-01-20 | The Cleanup of the Connecticut Forensic Science Lab Continues
Sitting behind the desk in his office at state headquarters in Middletown, just a few weeks away from retirement, state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) commissioner Reuben Bradford says he’ll be able to retire a little easier now that one problem he inherited is on its way to being stamped out by this year’s end: The Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory, which once had a case backlog skyrocketing into the thousands, hopes to wipe out that backlog in 2014.

2014-01-15 | Bad Directions Blamed for Denver Police DNA Errors
The scrambling of DNA samples from 11 Denver police burglary cases — which led prosecutors to dismiss charges against four people — was the result of faulty instructions from the manufacturer of a DNA-matching machine, police officials say.

2014-01-15 | Biomarkers Leave Gender Clues at Crime Scene
Narrowing the pool of potential suspects early on in their investigations can give the police the upper hand. However, traditional DNA analysis requires laboratory conditions, sophisticated equipment and time. Rapid, simple, on-site analysis of blood left behind at a crime scene may provide investigators with a head start to quickly identify a group of possible suspects or rule out others.

2014-01-14 | More Fake Evidence? Convicted Omaha Murderer Claims CSI Planted Evidence
In 2007 Edwards was convicted of murdering his teenage girlfriend, Jessica O’Grady. Her body has never been found. Prosecutors successfully used a wide array of forensic science to indicate O’Grady had been hacked to death in Edwards’ bedroom with an ornamental sword. Authorities speculated he used his car to move the body to another location. Since the original guilty verdict, David Kofoed, the lead crime scene investigator, was convicted of tampering with evidence collected in another homicide investigation.

2014-01-14 | Twin DNA test: Why identical criminals may no longer be safe
It's well known that identical twins are not totally identical - they can, usually, be told apart, after all. But up to now it has been almost impossible to distinguish their DNA. It's claimed that a new test can do it quickly and affordably, however - and this could help police solve a number of crimes.

2013-12-27 | Rape Victims Sue Police Over Decade-Long Rape Kit Backlog
Some victims say they have waited more than 10 years for the city to process their rape kits, which they say is a violation of their civil rights. The victims argue they have the right to file suit against the police department because it violated their rights to equal protection as granted under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by not processing the rape kits in a timely manner.