All crime articles – Page 3
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NewsExtent of Massachusetts lab’s forensics failure revealed
State chemist stole from reference standards to feed a habit, raising doubts over thousands of criminal cases
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NewsForensic crime lab malpractice surfaces in Oregon
Criminal investigation launched as more than a thousand drug cases may need to be re-examined
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FeatureAgatha Christie, the queen of crime chemistry
Kathryn Harkup looks at how Agatha Christie used chemistry in her detective novels
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Research
Stone 'blueprinting' to tackle heritage thefts
Technique could provide a means of tracing stolen, unmarked stones
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NewsFallout from rogue US drug lab chemist could lead to thousands of retrials
Ruling by Massachusetts court means defendants in drug cases can pursue retrials without fear of harsher sentences
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Research
Fighting crime with covert nanowires
Nanobarcode is encoded and read with electron beam irradiation from a transmission electron microscope
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NewsFears for forensic quality in England and Wales
Audit reveals little data on services police purchase and a regulatory unable to enforce standards across the industry
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News
FBI’s 2001 anthrax investigation was flawed
The genetic testing the FBI relied on to trace the culprit of the anthrax letter attacks was defective, says Congress’ watchdog
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NewsHard questions after litany of forensic failures at US labs
An apparent upsurge in malpractice at forensics crime labs has prompted calls for tighter oversight and controls
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Researcher imprisoned for poisoning ex-lover
Renowned cancer researcher gets 10 years in prison for using antifreeze chemical ethylene glycol as a deadly weapon
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NewsAttempted poisoning wasn't chemical warfare, court rules
US supreme court throws out microbiologist’s conviction under international chemical weapons treaty
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NewsConvicted chemist was ‘sole bad actor’ at US drug lab
Report concludes Annie Dookhan was only bad apple at lab but 40,000 drug cases may need revisiting
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Chinese scientist sentenced over research theft
Researcher working at US university given time served for charges relating to disappearance of vials of promising drug candidate
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NewsExecution drug cannot be imported into US
Court rules that the Food and Drug Administration acted unlawfully allowing sodium thiopental into the country
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Chemist found guilty of murder
Tianle Li poisoned her husband with thallium obtained from the lab where she worked
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NewsUN report warns of global rise in legal highs
World Drug Report suggests designer drugs are becoming more common
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Opinion
Is lead linked to violence?
Examining the evidence for the link between lead exposure and violence, Paul Illing finds a cautionary tale
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NewsIllegal medicines seized in worldwide operation
Largest crackdown on illegal internet pharmacies ever nets £6.5 million of fake and unlicensed drugs
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US crime lab chemist arrest causes reverberations
Massachusetts state chemist’s arrest for allegedly falsifying evidence in drug cases casts doubt on thousands of convictions
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