Fingerprints have provided a valuable method of personal identification in forensic science and criminal investigations for over 100 years. Fingerp...

The popular media is rife with examples of scientists delivering the telling evidence in a police investigation or court case. Often the computer w...

On 4 August 1892, an elderly couple living in Fall River, Massachusetts were slaughtered with a hatchet. Their daughter, Lizzie was accused of the ...

Across the nation, headlines tell the story of evidence that has been mishandled, misplaced, lost, or destroyed. Often the blame for these mishaps ...