The third time was the charm for the director of Rhode Island’s State Crime Lab to win approval to return most forensic testing on gun cartridges or shells in-house as the facility continues to ...

Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong ...

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 ...