On TV, once a forensic expert finds a match for that lone strand of hair at the crime scene, it’s over. Finito. The criminal ends up behind bars. And maybe the attorneys exchange some witty banter. If ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kirk Odom was convicted of a 1981 rape and robbery after a woman identified him as her attacker and an FBI specialist testified that hair on her nightgown was similar to hair on Odom ...

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A new application that uses artificial intelligence may revolutionize the way scientists study hair and could lead to the development of health diagnostics based solely on hair. The AI model speeds up ...

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At the age of 18, Kirk Odom was convicted for a rape he did not commit, and spent 22 years in jail. The only evidence? An FBI hair “analysis” program now known to be unscientific, which was used to ...

In today's rapidly evolving criminal justice landscape, the demand for scientifically trained forensic professionals has ...

The prosecution expects to wrap up its case Wednesday against Issiah Ross. He is charged with the murders of Lyric Woods and ...

Fifty-one people currently serving sentences in Colorado prisons will have their cases probed by state law enforcement and University of Colorado law school professors for potentially faulty hair ...

Drugs and fibers are among the materials collected in forensic and criminal laboratories. Some of these samples can be quite small, and light microscopes are frequently employed to examine evidence ...