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Most scientists and doctors in the coronavirus crisis are working to save the living. Those in the field of forensic pathology, however, focus on the dead.

Environmental scientist Jacqui Aitkenhead-Peterson assists law enforcement by matching soil from crime scenes and suspects and determining evidence of human decomposition products. This year, she ...

The appellate court has now ruled that the prosecution's "topographic distribution" theory of old semen stains "shall not be admissible" at the new trial.

People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime.

The Northwestern Prison Education Program has received a $1 million grant to support the expansion of educational opportunities for incarcerated people.