On AlterNet: forensics

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "forensics"

Texas Executed An Innocent Man

The Innocence Project, AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 31, 2009.

The tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was falsely accused of setting a fire that killed his children -- and then executed for it.

Government-Funded Study Calls for Major Overhaul of Nation's Crime Labs

Ben Protess, ProPublica. February 18, 2009.

A new report recommends taking forensics out of the hands of the DOJ and creating a new agency to police crime labs.

Revisiting the Wasilla Rape Kit Story

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. September 29, 2008.

News that Wasilla charged rape victims for forensic work has hit the mainstream. But the practice is more common than we think.