A criminalist holds a rape kit at the LAPD’s crime lab at the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center in Los Angeles. Photo: Getty Images This is an excerpt from The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A ...

The Texas House preliminarily approved a bill to reform the state's "junk science" law, aiming to make it easier for convicts to appeal based on flawed scientific evidence. Over a decade ago, the ...

TEXAS, USA — Over a decade ago, the Texas Legislature passed a groundbreaking law to provide justice when the scientific evidence for a criminal conviction has changed or been discredited. But in a ...

The ripple effects of junk science are fueling new legal actions across the country. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit on behalf of his state, accusing Tylenol makers of hiding a ...

Justice and common sense demand the Texas Senate allot some of the little time remaining in the legislative session to correct a flaw in the state’s Code of Criminal Procedure. It’s one that has been ...

Former Detective Brian Wharton testifies during a Criminal Jurisprudence hearing on death row inmate Robert Roberson on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 in Austin. Wharton was an investigator in the case of ...

AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - Over a decade ago, the Texas Legislature passed a groundbreaking law to provide justice when the scientific evidence for a criminal conviction has changed or been ...