News

• June 10, 2022

DID JAMES PARSONS KILL HIS WIFE? A bloodstain expert’s testimony helped put him in prison. But can forensic science be trusted?

• April 6, 2022

Blind testing in firearms: Preliminary results from a blind quality control program

• March 14, 2022

ATF teaching Houston-area officers how to lookout for ‘Glock switches’

• March 1, 2022

Sewing: ‘Insecure’ star Jay Ellis visits Houston crime lab for his social-justice podcast

• February 24, 2022

The Untold Story: Criminal Injustice with Jay Ellis

• February 10, 2022

Why a High-Ranking FBI Attorney Is Pushing ‘Unbelievable’ Junk Science on Guns

• February 8, 2022

Mayor Sylvester Turner announces $44M ‘One Safe Houston’ crime reduction initiative

• February 3, 2022

Houston leaders hope $44 million program will solve alarming rise in crime

• February 2, 2022

Standoff injuring 3 HPD officers draws attention to ‘ghost guns’

• October 15, 2021

IG investigation probes whether DC crime lab tried to keep information from defense attorneys

• October 13, 2021

Staffing and funding concerns at Houston Forensics Lab

• October 5, 2021

Delta 8 THC product raising questions about legality, local prosecutions

• September 29, 2021

Prof. Brandon Garrett and Dr. Peter Stout

• September 8, 2021

Rape survivor reacts to Gov. Abbott’s vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’

• September 2, 2021

Dr. Peter Stout on Forensic Science

• August 11, 2021

Thousands of Baltimore crime scene fingerprints are never processed, as police supervisor says lab is always in ‘triage mode’

• August 2, 2021

Recalled Blood Test Tubes Used in DWI Arrests Complicating Texas Cases

• July 29, 2021

Fentanyl deaths are soaring in Texas, and officials aren’t taking key steps to stop them

• July 6, 2021

The science behind why people use meth

• June 18, 2021

13 Investigates: How quick crime fighting uses tech to pinpoint shooting suspect

• June 8, 2021

DEA: Message to drug users. Why the best drugs money can buy could kill you

• June 4, 2021

After Scathing Letter and Retirement, HFSC Picks New Director

• June 2, 2021

An Uber driver’s life derails after a sexual assault accusation. Evidence clears him but the case remains unsolved.

• June 1, 2021

DEA: Meth Crisis, dealers have more of it than they know what to do with

• May 25, 2021

DEA: Fake Ecstasy popping up at raves

• May 24, 2021

The rise of meth as a killer in Texas

• May 20, 2021

Carina Haynes selected as new director of Houston’s Crime Scene Unit

• May 19, 2021

Houston Forensic Science Center appoints new crime scene unit director following claims of toxic work environment

• May 11, 2021

The Worsening Massachusetts Crime Lab Scandal Is Just the Beginning

• April 23, 2021

CSI Houston: How a Texas lab has remade the science of forensics