Forensics
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's inspector general says the FBI laboratory has a backlog of more than 3,200 forensic DNA cases.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The adopted son and daughter of a prominent Argentine businesswoman gave DNA samples Tuesday to help determine whether their biological parents were political prisoners killed during the country's "dirty war," the family's lawyer said.
WASHINGTON - Victoria Avila was 1 when her father went missing, snatched up by agents of Argentina's former military dictatorship in 1977.
ALBANY, N.Y. - Prosecutors across New York had to review closed criminal cases because a now-dead forensic scientist routinely failed to perform mandatory tests and then fraudulently wrote up results, state officials said in a report released Thursday.
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York officials say prosecutors across the state had to review closed criminal cases because a now-dead forensic scientist routinely failed to perform mandatory tests and then fraudulently wrote up results.
