(Photo courtesy of the Connecticut Division of Scientific Services) Across the country, state and local crime labs are drowning in evidence. From rape kits to drug samples to vials of blood, delays in ...

Othram, a forensics investigation lab based in The Woodlands, has launched a new crime podcast in partnership with ...

Crime labs are subject to minimal federal or state oversight. Even the last industry-led, voluntary accreditation review of Washington's system, however, found problems in all seven labs in 1999.

Construction is underway on a new 23,666 square-foot crime lab behind the St. Tammany Parish Sheriffâ  s Office complex near Interstate 12 in Slidell. It should be up and running next fall.

As of June 21, the crime lab's vacancy rate for full-time, permanent analyst positions was 6.8%. The Legislature "should authorize, and fund pay progression to assist the (crime lab) in retaining ...

The District’s troubled crime lab likely won’t be cleared to analyze some evidence, such as DNA, until 2024 at the earliest. That’s according to interim D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences ...

Last month,the lab received several palettes, containing more than 3TB of data to image and extract. The evidence, which filled a 20-by-10-foot windowless room, required its own storage area network .

Every option is on the table, including reinstatement, Logan said. During the audit, crime lab managers reviewed 100 randomly selected cases Melnikoff analyzed between 1999 and 2002.