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While they remain a singularly popular pop-culture genre, the police and court procedurals that draw the eyes and attention of television viewers on a daily basis have, unfortunately, given most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Much of this so-called evidence is little more than the unsubstantiated opinion of someone with a stake in the outcome. Yes, DNA ...

The conviction of Robert Farquharson for the murder of his three sons on Father's Day 2005 is being questioned in the media, with doubts raised about the reliability of prosecution's medical, traffic ...

Here, we highlight a few “worst of the worst” offenders when it comes to junk science. We lead with a decision from years past—likely familiar to the reader, as the issue (whether vaccines can cause ...

In 2017, the State of Connecticut, acting through then Hartford State's Attorney Gail Hardy, agreed that the 2001 murder conviction of Alfred Swinton should be vacated based on new DNA findings and ...

There aren’t many good guys in Chris Fabricant’s recent book, Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System. It’s an often-bleak story of innocent people going to prison because of bogus ...

Correction & clarification: A prior version of this column misstated the cases of Josh Burns in Michigan and Andrew Roark in Texas. Anyone who has watched an episode of "Law & Order" knows that ...