Press Coverage - Firearms
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- Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Writes A Remarkably Political 'Dissent' To Willie Manning's Stay Of Execution, by Radley Balko, Huffington Post, 5/8/2013
- With Hours to Go, Execution Is Postponed (MS), by Campbell Robertson, The New York Times, 5/7/2013
- Inspector General probes Syracuse Police's use of unaccredited lab (NY), by Sara Patterson, The Post-Standard, 4/19/2013
- Crime lab worker fired again (OH), by Matthew Rink, Canton Rep, 3/30/2013
- MSU Professor an Expert Resource for Investigative, Forensic Communities (MO), Forensic Magazine, 3/6/2013
- Firearms evidence often short on science, Editorial by Cliff Spiegelman, William A. Tobin, American-Statesman, 3/2/2013
- Innocence Project seeks murder convict's release, by Olivia Neeley, The Wilson Times, 1/30/2013
- SelectaDNA Gun Will Tag Criminals For Weeks, by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Mashable, 1/27/2013
- Disruptions: Smart Guns Can’t Kill in the Wrong Hands, by Nick Bilton, The New York Times, 1/6/2013
- Making criminals leave chemical fingerprints, by Jennifer Newton, Chemistry World, 12/13/2012
- Gun Examiner Says Newspaper Defamed Her, by Dan McCue, Courthouse News Service, 12/11/2012
- SBI agent revives lawsuit against The News & Observer, by Anne Blythe, News and Observer, 12/1/2012
- Thousands of crime guns yet to be tested by Spokane Police (WA), by Jane McCarthy, nwcn.com, 11/13/2012
- Capturing a shooter’s face in a firefight, by Allison Barrie, Fox News, 11/8/2012
- Crime-lab worker reinstated (OH), by Ed Balint, Canton Rep, 10/24/2012
- RI Crime Lab Director worried about increased caseload (RI), by James Swierbin, ABC News, 10/15/2012
- New ballistic standard helps tie guns to criminals, R & D Mag, 8/9/2012
- State rests its case in McGrady murder trial, Wilkes Journal-Patriot, 8/3/2012
- New York’s Used Police Shells, Reloaded for Sale (NY), by Michael Wilson and Sam Roberts, The New York Times, 7/31/2012
- Statesville murder trial: Expert says victim was shot in back, by Jim McNally, Statesville Record & Landmark, 7/16/2012
- Method to Track Firearm Use Is Stalled by Foes, by Erica Goode, The New York Times, 6/12/2012
- Crime lab worker fired over reports (OH), by Ed Balint, Canton Rep, 5/23/2012
- Expert: DNA from burial site matches Bailey murder suspect, by Tammy Grubb, News and Observer, 5/2/2012
- 1 bullet, 3 victims, many questions in North Carolina shooting, by Fred Clasen-Kelly, McClatchy Newspapers, 4/17/2012
- Forensic Tools: What’s Reliable and What’s Not-So-Scientific, by Jonathan Jones, Frontline, 4/17/2012
- Chemists distinguish between gunshot residue from various firearms, by Rachel Ehrenberg, ScienceNews, 4/6/2012
- Cuomo shoots down CoBis to save money (NY), by Erin Vannella, Your News Now, 4/2/2012
- Crime scene forensics: How does it work?, BBC News, 1/8/2012
- This win required a trip to the Legislature (IL), by Lisa Holton, The National Law Journal, 1/2/2012
- Judges cautioned against reliance on overstated ballistics testimony, Grits for Breakfast Blog, 10/20/2011
- Editorial: Justice finally comes for Tommy Shore, Winston-Salem Journal, 9/14/2011
- Investigators found evidence Cooper's gun was fired, but not where it should have been, By Erin Zureick Dunn, Star News Online, 7/28/2011
- Man serving nearly 15 years in prison has murder conviction vacated, By Michael Hewlett, Winston-Salem Journal, 6/4/2011
- Judge allows challenged SBI ballistics in murder trial, By Michael Hewlett, Winston-Salem Journal, 1/25/2011
- Attorney for defendant charged with murder seeks to exclude ballistics evidence, By Michael Hewlett, Winston-Salem Journal, 1/25/2011
- Durham plans ballistics lab, By Jesse James DeConto, The Durham News, 1/5/2011
- Report Backs SBI Ballistics in Pitt Case, By Joseph Neff and Mandy Locke, The News and Observer, 12/31/2010