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The word forensic is derived from the Latin word forensic—a reference to Roman court forums in which evidence of wrongdoing was presented. Modern use of the term forensics refers to scientific principles and processes that are applied in the...

Forensic botany is the application of the plant sciences to legal matters. Most often this means using clues from plants in order to aid in the solution of serious crimes such as murder, kidnapping, and the cause of death of a victim. Many aspects of...

The application of scientific facts to legal problems. The field of science that is used in the judicial process. Some are derived from the physical, medical, and dental sciences, and the best-qualified workers specialize in the court-oriented aspects...

A state forensics scientist who said she tested her husband's underwear for DNA to determine whether he was cheating on her has been fired.Ann Chamberlain testified in a March 7 divorce hearing that she ran the test last September on the underwear of Charles Gordon...

Phil Spector's defense called back one of its most notable scientific witnesses Thursday to testify that actress Lana Clarkson could have breathed blood onto the music producer's jacket after a bullet went through her spine.Dr. Werner Spitz, who testified in Spector's murder trial last month,...

Criminalists made mistakes in evidence collection and handling in actress Lana Clarkson's shooting death, including the loss of a piece of one of her teeth, a medical examiner conceded Wednesday in music producer Phil Spector's murder trial.Dr. Louis Pena, a deputy medical examiner, acknowledged in...

A Swiss forensic expert commissioned by an Arab rights group to carry out an autopsy on a Yemeni detainee found hanged in his Guantanamo cell in June said Friday that suicide was possible, but he could not be sure because the U.S. authorities refused to...

This essay is on forensic science and all that it compiles in direct relation to biology.

Forensics has been in use to solve crimes since ancient Rome, but doctors and scientists began to take a greater interest in it during the nineteenth century. Many significant forensic discoveries in the 1970s, such as the Automatic Fingerprint Identification System and DNA testing, are still used today. While forensics once focused primarily on blood and anatomy, today more and more evidence is found through the use of computers and other electronic devices.