The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Crime Laboratory Division (CLD) is currently addressing challenges that have led to a backlog of over a year for firearm forensics. Firearm forensics, or forensic ...

In any trial involving a shooting, there's a good chance that sooner or later the jury will hear testimony from a forensic ballistics examiner. Ballistics testing, and in particular the study of ...

Ballistics expert Capt Laurance Makgotloe has told the Madlanga commission that mistakes will continue to occur in forensic ...

In a significant breakthrough, scientists at Maynooth University in Ireland have developed a new test that successfully recovers fingerprints from spent bullet casings. This achievement, often ...

BERN TOWNSHIP, Pa. - It may look like an unassuming container from the outside, but inside it's a game changer for forensic firearms experts in Berks County. "This is the shooting room that is ...

Over 10 days in early March 2022, five homeless men were shot in Manhattan and Washington, D.C. Two died. With the extraordinary tool of firearms identification analysis, law enforcement linked every ...

Makgotloe said analysts operate under intense pressure to meet production targets, leaving little room for careful, detailed ...

Check out which subjects are required in Class 12 to pursue a B.Sc. in Forensic Science in India, its official requirements ...

Forensic Science 2026: In 2026, there are two main options at the nexus of science and the judicial system: criminology and forensic science. Although both are essential to criminal justice, their ...