States Are Banning This DIY Rape Kit
This company made a product to serve victims who don't want to go to police right after a sexual assault. Some politicians want to ban it.
This company made a product to serve victims who don't want to go to police right after a sexual assault. Some politicians want to ban it.
Even when a technology is valid in theory, haphazard methods can lead to wrongful convictions.
Sloppy forensics, drug skimming, and prosecutorial misconduct forced Massachusetts to throw out 47,000 convictions.
Despite improvements in DNA matching and reliability, forensics labs across the country still continue to train and monitor technicians improperly.