FBI hair-matching gave fautly evidence for decades, but the cases are being reviewed.What juror won’t take the word of a federal agent, and who in the jury box won’t be swayed by evidence found, analyzed and presented…
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Weak Link Between Psychosis and Violence, Study FindsIt’s common held belief that violent criminals often suffer from a long history of mental illness that drives their destructive or murderous behavior. But new…
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Let bring some heat back to cold casesA brand new forum named Cold Case Collective debuted a few days back, set up for those that would like to turn their hand at…
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Stone Age massacre, torture and mass graves: the Schoeneck-Kilianstaedten siteA Stone Age site near Frankfurt, Germany, shows evidence of a “final lethal crisis of the first Central European farmers of the Early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik Culture”,…
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More guns mean more officers in the morgueA new study comes to buckle the widely-held belief that cities with high rate of crime translate directly to higher numbers of police fatalities. The…
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Forensic teams scour rhino killing scenes in Kruger parkRhino horn powder is a desperately sought after ingredient for traditional medicine in countries such as Vietnam. And the only thing barring the way to…
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Detecting Organic Constituents of Gunshot ResidueAnalysis of Organic Gunshot Residue (OGSR for shot) may improve how reliable we can tell whether a suspect discharged his weapon or not, as this…
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Most famous female criminals in US history [infographic]Men may rule the account of the most notorious crimes in the US, but that doesn’t mean women din’t contribute their fair share in crime….
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Forensic history of water contamination probed with innovative sensorResearchers at Stanford University report they’ve fashioned an innovative sensor made up of chemical gels that communicate with the environment that can reveal the forensic…
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Forensic Science Degree Program in IllinoisForensic science combines science and investigation in order to aid and support the prosecution or defense in criminal and civil investigations. While the profession has…
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