Judge orders new trial for suspect in 1991 Grand Junction pipe bombings that killed 2 people Judge finds tool-mark evidence used to tie James Genrich to bombings was unconstitutional ...

The court is considering a murder case in Prince George’s County that also used firearm “tool mark” analysis as evidence, and the appeal adds to a national groundswell of challenges to the ...

Forensic science is at a crossroads. In the last two decades, often-used forms of pattern evidence, such as fingerprint, tool mark, and bite mark identification, have faced significant criticism for ...

Tool mark analysis has been used to produce evidence in trials for decades. However, the Innocence Project insists it is not settled science. The organization has used DNA on 375 people who were ...

A tool prosecutors have long used as powerful evidence is now considered by some to be "junk science." Andy Pierrotti, Reporter; Luke Carter, Videojournalist ...

An unfired .40-caliber bullet is the only physical evidence prosecutors named in the court document leading to Richard Allen's arrest two years ago.

But The Innocence Project is pressing on against tool mark evidence. During its 30 years of existence, it has used DNA to exonerate 375 people who were wrongfully convicted.

For the first time, the federal government has weighed in on the validity of bite mark evidence, a tool critics claim prosecutors have used to incarcerate innocent people for decades. A Georgia ...

For the first time, the federal government has weighed in on the validity of bite mark evidence, a tool critics claim prosecutors have used to incarcerate innocent people for decades. A Georgia man on ...

For the first time, the federal government has weighed in on the validity of bite mark evidence, a tool critics claim prosecutors have used to incarcerate innocent people for decades. A Georgia ...