A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist appeared in court Thursday to face criminal charges over data tampering that authorities said raises questions about the validity of more than 500 cases.

A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist faces 102 criminal charges after authorities said she cut corners and didn’t follow standard testing protocols in hundreds of criminal cases

Criminal defense attorney Joshua Ritter says Idaho college killings suspect Bryan Kohberger’s defense has a “slim” chance of dismissing DNA evidence, which is crucial to the prosecution’s case. Without an explanation for how Kohberger’s DNA ended up on a knife sheath found at the crime scene or a way to exclude the evidence,

The father of one of the victims in the 2022 University of Idaho student killings called suspect Bryan Kohberger’s latest effort to get his case thrown out “a sign of desperation.” Steve Goncalves, whose daughter Kaylee was one of four killed in her shared off-campus home in Moscow,