Science and the law are not natural partners. Science seeks to advance our understanding of the natural world. The law is tasked with ensuring public safety and making sure justice is properly served.

Forensic science has been subject to criticism on a number of occasions. In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences produced a report criticizing the state of forensic science. Since then, much work ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of ...

Tune in to the average TV cop show and you’re likely to think crime scene forensics is a solved problem. Fingerprints, bullets, and fragments of broken glass can be unambiguously traced back to the ...

Betty Layne DesPortes is a criminal defense lawyer and a co-author of the sixth edition of "Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases," and editor of the law section of the online "Wiley ...

The Saint Louis University Forensic Science program offers courses with hands-on learning opportunities. FRSC 2600 - Survey of Forensic Science 3 credits Students learn scientific methodology, its ...

Sedgwick County to vote on $20.4M forensic science center project; officials say plan shouldn’t raise taxes.

Movies and TV shows depict dazzling uses of forensic sciences in the courts, but reality itself falls far behind. Keith Allan Harward served 33 years in prison after being convicted of rape and murder ...

Universities.com rated the University of New Haven as the #1 Forensic Science Program in the U.S. For Morgan Korzik ’22 M.S., it was the stories he’d heard about his great grandfather, a Chicago ...

NASA’s Artemis program is scheduled to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a permanent orbiting laboratory by the end of the decade. Meanwhile, private companies are making significant steps ...

Betty Layne DesPortes is a criminal defense lawyer and a co-author of the sixth edition of "Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases," and editor of the law section of the online "Wiley ...