Recent breakthroughs in the study of ancient DNA are providing unprecedented insights into the ecosystems and human history ...

Tommy Zeigler's 1976 conviction for the murders of his family members in Winter Garden is under scrutiny again. Forensic reanalysis is casting new doubts on the case of Florida's longest-serving death ...

Every living thing has DNA, the blueprint for life. These genetic blueprints separate us as species and, further, as individuals. The human genome — the complete set of DNA found in all humans — is ...

BURLINGTON The lawyer for a man charged with killing a University of Vermont student plans to challenge the state's DNA evidence. David Sleigh plans to hire at least four experts in a bid to undermine ...

James Worley, the Fulton County man sentenced to death for the 2016 abduction and murder of Sierah Joughin, is continuing his bid to overturn his conviction, arguing that his trial attorneys failed to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion that Texas death row prisoner Ruben Gutierrez should be permitted to continue his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's post-conviction ...

A former prison inmate who spent a decade in jail after being convicted in 2012 of attempted murder and using a firearm has had his convictions quashed after the central item of forensic evidence ...

After federal judge denied relief, Stephen Treiber asks U.S. appeals court to review canine DNA evidence and set aside death ...

Rex Heuermann told his defense attorney she did a "good job" during a hearing on DNA evidence on Tuesday. The comment came after defense attorney Danielle Coysh finished her direct questioning of ...

DNA evidence links Rex Heuermann, the alleged Long Island serial killer, to six of the seven murders he’s charged with. The Frye hearing to determine that evidence’s court admissibility has spanned ...