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“Concentrate on what cannot lie: the evidence.”  With that simple statement in the pilot episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” lead character Gil Grissom voices perhaps the greatest myth about forensic science: its certainty.  Since 1989, bad forensic science has contributed to as many as a quarter of the 2,700-plus exonerations nationwide. Tens of thousands of cases have been found to be tainted by faulty forensic analysis or testimony.  The Houston Police Department had one such lab – consumed by years of mismanagement, neglect, and corruption – out of which grew the�...

Pot cases down, confusion up after pot law change KTRK Replay Video UP NEXT When he took the bench in 2019, the seats in Harris County Court at Law Judge Franklin Bynum's misdemeanor courtroom used to be filled with people trying to fight possession of marijuana cases. Now, nearly two years after a change to Texas agriculture laws made it legal for farmers to grow hemp, Bynum's court rarely sees those cases. Marijuana is still illegal in Texas, but the law made it harder, more expensive and more labor-intensive for investigators to differentiate between the illegal drug and l...

The Houston Forensic Science Center has for the first time identified fentanyl in XTC tablets, a significant, potentially deadly, health risk, especially to youth.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- At the request of the Houston Forensic Science Center board, the city of Houston's Office of Inspector General will investigate allegations made against personnel in the crime scene unit. This comes after a four-page letter was sent to the board by an anonymous group of past and present CSU investigators, claiming a hostile work environment within the unit, which in the letter they contribute to upper management. "These are allegations that are inconsistent with our personnel policies, so we take them really seriously," said HFSC CEO and President Dr. Peter Stout, wh...

New DNA technology at Houston lab can help solve crimes faster The rapid DNA technology can yield results in as little as 90 minutes. Normally the lab takes one to three days. Author: Grace White Updated: 10:15 PM CST December 31, 2020 HOUSTON — Houston’s crime lab says it has new DNA technology to help solve cases faster in the new year and fight the rise in crime we saw during 2020. “This has been a really rough year on us, particularly for our crime scene unit," said Dr. Peter Stout, President and CEO of Houston Forensic Science Center. According to Ho...