The Montgomery County Police Department Crime Lab is the latest forensic laboratory in the U.S. to begin using STRmix™ forensic software to interpret low-level, degraded, or mixed DNA profiles in ...

Now that the D.C. crime lab’s forensic biology and forensic chemistry units have gotten their accreditation back, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration said it’s confident it won’t be lost again. The ...

But the vast majority of forensic science work is done at the local level, which means the federal government's power to impose the standards is almost nonexistent. Adopting them is entirely voluntary ...

The Tempe Police Department has relaunched its forensics unit with new staff after a 2021 internal review revealed widespread issues. Over 400 cases were reviewed as part of the overhaul. Tempe ...