Definitively convicting rapists is only possible thanks to one woman's efforts to create a forensic chain of evidence. A new book explores the rape kit and how we still fail survivors ...

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A critical crisis unfolds as the SAPS DNA backlog surpasses 140 000 cases, forcing criminal cases to be withdrawn and leaving ...

in the wake of the issues caused by former forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods. Woods allegedly manipulated more than a thousand DNA test results in criminal cases over decades.

“In forensic science, we work on the concept that all ... also referred to as a “rape kit,” to search for evidence of intercourse in the woman’s genitals, such as semen.

A critical crisis unfolds as SAPS DNA backlog surpasses 140 000 cases, forcing criminal cases to be withdrawn and leaving ...

Last month, Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a former forensic scientist with the Colorado Bureau ... physical evidence for a Sexual Assault Evidence kit (colloquially called a “rape kit”).

DENVER (KDVR) — After an internal investigation began looking into the previous work of a now-charged former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist ... assault kits and the impact ...

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Debra Goldstein of Birmingham is a retired attorney and judge so, she naturally, knows a good deal about crime. She is ...