When a sexual assault happens, forensic evidence gets collected and processing it is a crucial step in solving the crime. As states around the country have struggled with rape kit backlogs, ...
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 ...
Fifteen years ago, the state crime lab in Connecticut was in disarray. A high-profile, Yale University murder case had been postponed while lawyers awaited DNA and other evidence. A serial rapist had ...
FILE - A sexual assault evidence kit is logged in in the biology lab at the Houston Forensic Science Center in April 2015 in Houston. The Boston Police Crime Laboratory came under scrutiny at the ...
THE BACKLOG DATES BACK YEARS, BUT THE NEBRASKA CRIME LAB SAYS IT’S MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TESTING SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS. GOOD EVENING. I’M BILL SHAMUS. I’M QUANECIA FRASER LASER. A STATE GRANT IS ...
Contamination at an out-of-state laboratory that tests rape kits has delayed progress on thousands of backlogged kits in Kentucky. Staff at Kentucky State Police’s ...