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 Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Crime Laboratory opened its doors to the public Wednesday, Sept. 17, giving Amarillo residents and local media a rare look at the scientific work that ...

The deadly mass shooting at Brown University had a team of scientists at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory working around the clock to examine evidence. Scientists at the lab, based in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nearly 90 years ago, the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Crime Laboratory Division started as a one-chemist operation at Camp Mabry in Austin. Since then, it has evolved into a ...

A state draft report recommends building a TBI Crime Lab in Chattanooga as one part of the effort to reduce time in examining evidence in criminal cases. For many years, law enforcement officers from ...

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 ...