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Forensic Science

Best Article Crime

Blood Will Tell

The murder of Mickey Bryan stunned her small Texas town. Then her husband, Joe Bryan, was charged with killing her. Did he do it, or had there been a terrible mistake?

Joe Bryan was released from prison earlier this week.

  1. Part I

    The trail and conviction of Joe Bryan.

  2. Part II

    Was the bloodstain-pattern analysis at the center of the prosecution’s case really solid forensic evidence?

Pamela Colloff ProPublica, New York Times Magazine May 2018 Permalink

Crime

What Happened at the Lake

A father took his 10-year-old fishing. She fell in the water and drowned. It was a tragic accident—then he was charged with murder.

Jordan Smith The Intercept Sep 2018 40min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Blood Will Tell: Part One

The murder of Mickey Bryan stunned her small Texas town. Then her husband was charged with killing her. Did he do it, or had there been a terrible mistake?

Pamela Colloff ProPublica May 2018 45min Permalink

Crime

Forensic Science Put Jimmy Genrich in Prison for 24 Years. What if It Wasn’t Science?

The many problems with a common forensic technique called “pattern-matching” — comparisons of bite marks, tool marks, hairs, shoe prints, tire tracks, or fingerprints.

Meehan Crist, Tim Requarth The Nation Feb 2018 45min Permalink

Crime Science

Lost and Found

An elite group of forensic scientists, charged with finding hidden human remains, nears retirement age.

Robert Sanchez 5280 Oct 2017 Permalink

Crime

The Lazarus File

A murder case in Los Angeles, cold since the late ’80s, heats up thanks to breakthroughs in forensic science and leads detectives to “one of the unlikeliest murder suspects in the city’s history.”

Matthew McGough The Atlantic Jun 2011 35min Permalink

World

The Unforgotten

The people who go missing while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, and the people who attempt to identify their remains.

Maria Sacchetti Boston Globe Jul 2014 25min Permalink

Crime History

Murder in Miniature

One woman’s ghastly dollhouse dioramas turned crime scene investigation into a science.

Rachel Nuwer Slate Jun 2014 10min Permalink

Crime

Solving Kathy Mabry's Murder

How an overzealous forensic pathologist and his odontologist sidekick put innocent Mississippi residents behind bars – and let killers run free.

Radley Balko The Huffington Post Jan 2013 30min Permalink

Crime Science

Do Fingerprints Lie?

Controversy over the alleged gold standard of forensic evidence.

Michael Specter New Yorker May 2002 30min Permalink