A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong backlogs across a range of cases, including those requiring DNA and ...

Massachusetts officials announced plans to build a new centralized forensic laboratory in Marlborough, consolidating existing crime labs and expanding statewide forensic capabilities. Construction is ...

Attorney General Josh Kaul states that Wisconsin's state crime labs urgently need more staff to handle evidence processing. Kaul's budget requests for new positions, including DNA analysts, have been ...

A state draft report recommends building a TBI Crime Lab in Chattanooga as one part of the effort to reduce time in examining evidence in criminal cases. For many years, law enforcement officers from ...

Across the country, state and local crime labs are drowning in evidence. From rape kits to drug samples to vials of blood, delays in forensic testing are stalling prosecutions, stretching court ...