Matthew Nilo's DNA was taken from glasses, a napkin and a fork he used at a Manhattan restaurant. His defense wants a judge ...

A three-decade-old sexual assault case in Hardin County has led to an indictment.

An Atlanta man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for a murder he said he did not commit has been exonerated following new ...

Tonight on “Courtroom Insider,” the prosecution rests after jurors hear a police phone call with Zarrius Hildabrand, a DNA ...

A Lake County judge on Monday rejected a request by death row inmate James Duckett to hold a court hearing to review the procedures and results of recent DNA testing in the decades-long case of an ...

Damien Echols, who was sentenced to death in the 1994 case, shared an update on the DNA testing process on Thursday.

Wendell Callahan is seeking a new trial after DNA evidence contradicted the key witness in his 2016 triple murder case.

The judge in the Idaho college murders case is set to issue a ruling on DNA evidence that prosecutors say ties the suspected killer, Bryan Kohberger, to the murder scene. Kohberger's defense team ...

Lane County investigators used DNA evidence to solve the 1995 murder of Joni Marie Grigsby 30 years after her death.

By positioning DNA testing as a last resort, the courts have to ensure that while science may be infallible, the pursuit of truth is only just when it respects a person’s rights ...

Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...