More than 40 drug driving prosecutions have so far been quashed over the manipulation of data at a forensics laboratory charged with testing samples from across the UK. Police called the scandal the ...

Thousands of criminal investigations are being re-examined after suspicions that lab staff tampered with forensic tests. They could include murder and rape cases where defendants were convicted on ...

The new method could establish an accurate time of death after as much as 10 days Forensic researchers have developed a new method for establishing an exact time of death after as long as 10 days. The ...

A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong backlogs across a range of cases, including those requiring DNA and ...

The director of a state-run forensic testing lab has been suspended by Queensland government in the latest scandal over botched DNA sampling. It follows a pause in testing at Forensic Science ...

A new study has confirmed saltwater drowning as the cause of death for a Neolithic man whose remains were found in a mass grave on the coast of Northern Chile. A team of researchers developed an ...

The Scottish government said more female doctors were needed to examine rape victims New forensic standards are to be introduced to improve examinations of victims of sexual violence. They will ensure ...

A second independent inquiry into how one state runs its forensic DNA testing has been ordered after more botched samples were revealed. It comes months after Judge Walter Sofronoff found during the ...

After mounting concerns about DNA testing at the state-run forensics lab, the Queensland government has announced a commission of inquiry. This is a royal-commission-style inquiry with the power to ...

The privatisation of forensic testing in Britain is leading to catastrophic failures and potential miscarriages of justice, the pioneer of mass DNA profiling has warned. In a damning indictment of the ...

POLICE OFFICER: Stand back there. Just turnaround and face the car for me. Got anything sharp? GRACE TOBIN, REPORTER: In the car park of an Adelaide shopping centre, police are making an extraordinary ...

New forensic standards are to be introduced to improve examinations of victims of sexual violence. They will ensure the way victims are treated - and evidence gathered - is the same across Scotland.