The head of the state labs that test crime evidence is stepping down, a move that prosecutors and defense lawyers say could help bring back lost confidence in the way drunken-driving cases are handled ...

Attorney General Roy Cooper wasted little time last month in responding to an attack on his record managing the North Carolina State Crime Lab, which was plagued by scandal during the first half of ...

A forensic scientist at the Nassau County crime lab is alleging she was fired for exposing unethical and improper practices by other crime lab employees, including a claim that crime lab workers ...

The backlog of testing forensic evidence in Texas is now shrinking. It has been a big problem for the past several years, ...