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 ...
Attorney General Josh Kaul says state crime labs are in desperate need of new staff in order to improve the amount of ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois State Police leaders were questioned Tuesday about DNA backlogs at state crime labs. Families of murder victims have been waiting for DNA to be processed as potential ...
Indiana State Police celebrated a ribbon cutting for their new forensics lab in Vanderburgh County after outgrowing their old ...
The failure of the state legislature to include any additional positions for the crime labs in the 2025-27 state budget was a ...
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 ...