Roughly one-third of young males and 1 in 10 females in rural communities have carried a handgun, reports a new study.
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Homicide is a leading cause of death among pregnant and postpartum women in Louisiana, according to an analysis of birth and death records from 2016 and 2017.
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Through an analysis of data gleaned from a survey of 4,000 people living in urban areas about their experiences with police brutality, researchers discovered a relationship between police brutality and mistrust in medical institutions.
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Forensic recently spoke to NIST computer scientist Rick Ayers about data extraction methods and the growing field of mobile forensics.
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The exoneration was the result of newly discovered evidence found as part of a dual investigation by the Innocence Project and the New York County District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Integrity Program that proves Ruiz’s innocence.
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How can we trust technology to provide vital evidence if we can’t interrogate how it produced that evidence in the first place?
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A Pennsylvania judge Friday put a freeze on a new state police policy regarding sales of partially manufactured gun frames that can be made into working pistols and rifles.
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A U.S. attorney in Tennessee is joining other federal and state attorneys who are urging Congress to extend an order that criminalizes possession of the dangerous opioid fentanyl and related substances.
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As part of his anti-gang push, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants prosecutors to be able to charge crimes across multiple counties and to be able to seek the death penalty for murders committed during gang activity.
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After several mass shootings in the state in the past few years, Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday the implementation of a training program to spot potential mass shooters.
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