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default Pot cases down, confusion up after pot law change
default Houston sees increase in fentanyl-laced drugs
default Experts present details about finding first fentanyl-laced ecstasy tablet in Houston area
default Deadly fentanyl found in XTC 'party pills' targeted at teens in Houston area
default Deadly fentanyl, meth combo found in tablets that look like ‘party’ drugs, Houston forensic lab warns
default Fentanyl seizures rise in Houston
default Fentanyl-laced ecstasy found in Houston
default Houston Forensic Science Center finds first fentanyl-laced ecstasy tablet
default Dozens of guns seized daily as violent crime 'never stops'
default Will bringing science back to the White House reinvigorate forensics reform?
default Legislation to eliminate rape kit backlog has turned out to be toothless. Austin should do something about it.
default Dallas has the largest backlog of rape kits in the state — by a long shot
default Investigation underway at HFSC following claims of toxic work environment
default Caution Is Necessary When Expanding Field Testing Capabilities
default New DNA technology at Houston lab can help solve crimes faster
default LOCAL // CRIME Rapid DNA tests expected to help Houston police with rising murder investigations
default Houston's rate of unsolved murders is soaring. Experts say the police department is to blame.
default Houston forensic science director warns what's at risk without more help
default New research offers insight into drunk, drugged driving in Houston
default Opinion: Protect Texans from drugged driving and expand marijuana testing capabilities
default Hemp or marijuana? After a year in the dark, Harris County prosecutors will finally know.
default Hemp or Marijuana? Houston lab can finally tell the difference
default NY State Prisons Abruptly Suspend Drug Tests For Contraband
default 10 employees test positive for COVID-19 at Houston Forensic Science Center
default COVID-19 in staff puts Houston Forensic Science Center ‘precariously close’ to limiting crime scene responses
default Austin city manager proposes police cuts, but where will that money go?
default Project Profile: Houston Forensic Science Center
default HPD Broadcast: Community and Trust
default Why Is Courtroom Science So Unscientific?
default Hemp is booming in Texas. Distinguishing it from marijuana is still a challenge.
default PCP driving up concerns on Houston roads
default Roughly 1 in 5 DUI cases in Houston involve PCP in driver’s system, new study reveals
default 'This is scary," officials say 16% of DWI cases in Houston between 2013-2018 involve PCP
default New DNA technology could help solve more cases in Houston
default Teen who was addicted to vaping talks to Fort Worth ISD students about dangers of e-cigs
default Houston sexual assault victims appeal to U.S. Supreme Court on city’s failure to test rape kits
default Cornyn’s effort gets rape-kit test funding back on track [Editorial]
default Implementation of a Blind Quality Control Program in a Forensic Laboratory
default Rapid DNA testing could revolutionize rape investigations ─ if the science holds up
default Fingerprint Analysis Is High-Stakes Work — but It Doesn’t Take Much to Qualify as an Expert
default Leaked Documents Say Roughly 2,000 NY Prisoners Affected By Erroneous Drug Tests
default Houston crime lab’s move into new space will speed up testing, ensure independence, officials say
default Houston Forensic Science Center is an Early Implementer of Standards on OSAC Registry
default Cornyn and advocates blame Democrats for stalling rape kit test funds
default In Houston, Sen. Cornyn Calls For Renewing Congressional Rape Kit Funding
default ‘Rapid DNA’ promises breakthroughs in solving crimes. So why does it face a backlash?
default Houston Forensic Science Center moving to state-of-the-art facility
default Houston officials find spiked CBD being sold in stores
default CBD Products Sold In Texas May Contain Dangerous Ingredients
default Texas’ Marijuana-Hemp Issue Could Be Solved, But Without Funding It Risks Backlog Of Untested Kits
default How do we improve forensics?
default More fallout from state's new hemp law
default When Texas Legalized Hemp It Forced Some Counties To Change How They Prosecute Pot
default 'I feel lucky, for real': How legalizing hemp accidentally helped marijuana suspects
default It’s not about hemp or marijuana. It’s about justice [Opinion]
default Texas was warned its hemp law would complicate marijuana prosecutions. Lawmakers didn't listen.
default DA is right not to prosecute low-level pot offenses [Editorial]
default Behind the scenes of Houston's new crime lab
default Texas Legalized Hemp, not Marijuana, Governor Insists as Prosecutors Drop Pot Charges
default Pot is still a crime, Texas governor tells district attorneys
default Despite new hemp law, marijuana is still illegal in Texas, top officials say
default How much should juries rely on expert testimony?
default Mitigating Flaws in Forensic Science
default Is pot now legal in Texas? District attorneys scrambling to respond to clumsy legislative action
default New Texas hemp and CBD law could snuff out marijuana prosecutions
default Texas hemp regulation prompts some DAs to dismiss cases
default Most Texas labs cannot test for marijuana, hemp under new laws, jeopardizing arrests
default 'This is a critical problem': 1,700 DWI cases affected by blood vial recall, Houston lab says
default Thousands of DWI cases in Harris County thrown into question after blood vial recall
default We need to fix forensics. But how?
default APNewsBreak: Texas says Rapid DNA supplier jeopardizes cases
default DNA technology upgrades credited for linking Josue Flores murder suspect
default Texas creates task force to strengthen sexual assault survivor services
default Online Rape Kit Tracking System Launches This Week In Four Texas Cities
default An inside look at CrimeCon 2019
default Houston Votes To Place Wrongfully Convicted San Antonian On Board For City's Forensics Lab
default Ten Years Later, Independence Should Be the Future of Forensics
default City Council to vote on wrongly convicted woman's appointment to forensic science board
default Reasonable Doubt
default Questions rise after private investigator finds new evidence in botched Harding Street raid
default Houston’s drug-raid scandal grows
default Evidence left behind after botched Pecan Park drug raid raises new questions about shootings
default City officials announce crime lab pilot program
default Houston pilot program will let victims track their rape kits electronically
default Forensic Update: March 2019
default Crime Scene That One Case: The Death of a President … and a Boy
default A long handshake can spread your DNA to objects you didn’t touch
default Rapid DNA Technology Gets Mixed Reviews in Houston
default Increased ‘drugged driving' prompts new needs at Houston Crime Lab
default Beyond CSI: How big data is reshaping the world of forensics
default Drugged driving cases on the rise, Houston forensic scientist says
default That One Time I Went to a Fans House for Lunch: AJ On The Road
default Coming Soon to a Police Station Near You: The DNA ‘Magic Box’
default Just Science: Just Blind Proficiency Testing
default Just Science: Just Transparency in Public Communications
default Houston Forensic Science Center to Voluntarily Adopt OSAC Standards
default Houston Forensic Science Center To Align With Standards Approved By National Lead Agency
default Houston Forensic Science Center to Move Crime Laboratory Around the Corner
default DNA and fingerprinting advances led to speedy arrest in bombing case
default Houston City Council approves moving crime lab to downtown building
default Forensic Science Center’s Crime Lab to Move to New Facility in 2019
default Houston City Council OKs crime lab relocation
default Conviction reversed because Houston crime lab analyst, supervisor did not disclose evidence problems
default Houston's crime lab plans downtown move
default Houston Forensic Science Center Asks For New Crime Lab
default Texas deaths from drug overdoses spiking
default Cannabis users will drive into murky territory when they get behind the wheel
default HCCLA's Reasonable Doubt
default Judge dismisses lawsuit over rape kit backlog
default HCCLA's Reasonable Doubt
default How The Houston Forensic Science Center Aims To Address Its DNA Backlog
default Houston labs see spike in fentanyl-related cases
default HCCLA's Reasonable Doubt
default To get ahead of backlog, Houston Forensic Science Center outsources DNA work
default Houston forensic center will spend $2 million outsourcing DNA testing to cut rape kit backlog
default Texas drivers raising thousands for rape kit testing
default CBD oil, pill users at Houston smoke shops 'are volunteering to be lab rats,' doctor says
default Houston Forensic Science Center Slides Blind Testing Into Workload
default Science Documentary : Scientific Investigation, the Power That Reveals the Truth
default Local rape victims in limbo over evidence issues
default Case alleging racial bias in hair tests goes to trial
default HPD tests new DNA tech that gives results in 90 minutes
default Houston forensic analyst fired for shredding homicide documents
default Is the Opioid Epidemic Fueling Wrongful Convictions?
default National opioid epidemic felt locally in Spring, Klein
default From ‘Evidence Protection’ to ‘Personal Protection’: How To Keep Lab Analysts Safe
default Meet Dr. Peter Stout of Houston Forensic Science Center
default Technology Common In The Oil Industry Is Now Being Used For Houston’s Forensic Science
default Houston Forensic Science Center: Saving Evidence and Saving Lives
default New law lets Texas drivers help tackle the state's rape kit testing backlog
default How Labs Prepared for Harvey: Protect People First, Then Equipment
default Misplaced DNA evidence in sexual assault case found in Houston lab office
default Solving gun crimes with new approach to forensic investigations
default Go behind the scenes with Houston's elite CSI Academy
default HFSC Launches First Academy to Train CSIs
default Behind the Scenes: CSI Academy Trainees at Work
default Woman finds evidence bag full of marijuana at neighborhood park
default Trump's drug commission wants 'national emergency' for opioids as seizures rise in Houston area
default Houston Police to Stop Field Testing for Drugs
default FBI Audit Finds Missteps in Houston Center's Use of DNA Criminal Database
default Houston Officials Speak on Opioid Dangers
default Stopping Gun Crime: Revamped Ballistics Strategy Targets Houston's Serial Shooters
default Houston Forensics Streamlines Fingerprints Analysis by Cutting Unnecessary Comparisons
default Just Say No to Drug Testing
default HFSC's CSU to be Civilian by Year's End
default America's Opioid Epidemic Hits Houston
default Crime-scene errors put 65 cases under review, audit finds
default Texas House Passes Bill Allowing Drivers to Donate Money to Rape Kit Testing
default HFSC Board Vice Chair Thompson Testifies to Congressional Committee on Forensic Independence
default Behind the Scenes of Houston's Digital Forensics Lab
default Houston Forensic Scientists Work to Reduce Backlog
default Houston Forensic Science Center Eliminates Digital Backlog
default Harris County Deputies Mistake Kitty Litter for Meth
default Houston CSU Director Cleared of Sexual Harassment and Intoxication at Scene – But Policies Changing
default HFSC Paves the Way for Industrial Technologies in Forensics
default In a National First, HFSC Begins Blind Testing in DNA, Latent Prints
default CSI Houston: A New Drama
default Video Technology Helps Capture Murder Suspect
default Austin Looks to Independence as Possible Fix For Crime Lab Woes
default Houston CSU: City’s Forensic Science Center and Police at Odds Over Scene Response
default Fentanyl Masquerading as Other Illegally Purchased Pharmaceuticals Appears in Houston
default Inside Story: What is Kush?
default Call for Houston Forensic Science Center Independence
default Fentanyl is Showing Up in Counterfeit Pills in Houston
default HFSC Finds Fentanyl in Counterfeit Pills
default Powerful Opioid, Fentanyl, Arrives in Houston
default HFSC DNA Forensic Scientists Commended for Work on Serial Rape Case
default Houston Police Want Their Crime Scene Unit Back
default How Houston Became Kush City
default Internal audit finds Houston crime scene technicians lack independence and proper training
default 298 Wrongful Drug Convictions Identified in Ongoing Audit
default Field Drug Tests, Wrongful Convictions, and How Houston Cleaned Up Its Mess
default Police field tests on suspected drugs lead to false convictions
default HFSC eliminates rape kit backlog, hits 30-day turnaround time
default Who should control Houston’s crime lab?
default No Bones About It: HFSC Workshop a Blast
default KHOU: HFSC cuts rape kit backlog in half
default Dr. Peter Stout discusses rape kit backlog, merger
default Is a city-county crime lab merger beneficial?
default County, city again talk of crime lab merger
default HFSC moves beyond troubled past
default Mexico fights crime lab corruption
default Tour HFSC's Controlled Substances Section
default Tour the HFSC Firearms Section
default A Matter of Conviction
default HFSC gets first client outside the city
default Dr. Dan Garner talks about HFSC and it's expansion goals
default San Jacinto votes for HFSC to do county's forensic work
default Houston's rape kit experience an example for others
default HFSC Board members discuss past, future
default From Death Row to HFSC’s Board
default Univision: Exoneree appointed to HFSC board
default From Death Row to the Crime Lab Boardroom
default From death row to HFSC
default Ex-death row exoneree appointed to HFSC board
default HFSC focuses on timely, accurate science
default Rush to test rape kits impacts victims
default Rape kit focus may put offenders behind bars
default Mayor talks about clearing Houston’s rape kit backlog
default HFSC CSI presents at Pa. forensic symposium
default The death and afterlife of Houston’s crime lab
default Why backlogged rape kits are a problem
default UH law professor, HFSC board member calls for crime lab reform
default Federal funds help clear rape kit backlogs
default Rape kit testing may have halted future attacks
default Houston eliminates rape kit backlog
default HFSC's Irma Rios talks about rape kit testing
default Houston a Model for the Nation on Rape Kit Testing
default Houston eliminates rape kit backlog
default HFSC completes reviews of untested rape kits
default Defense told of HFSC manager's 9-year-old error
default New drug policy will cost money
default An apology, and a look forward on the rape kit project: Part 2
default A look back at the rape kit backlog: Part 1
default HPD, HFSC errors cause DWI charge dismissal
default Like drunk driver, evidence wove through HPD lab
default Investigators recreating crime scenes in 3D
default HCCLA's Reasonable Doubt Video
default HFSC Hires New COO
default At least 50 arrests in Houston rape kit project
default Shortage of lab techs hampering Austin burglary
default Garner: Rapidly putting operations on the map
default HFSC helps in fight against synthetic marijuana
default HFSC in the war on synthetic cannabinoids
default HFSC sees synthetic cannabis daily as city bans it
default Rape kit testing gets 19 new suspects
default HFSC leads the way in rape kit testing
default Experts reflect on forensic historical event
default HFSC director ready for challenge in Houston