Your genes could be a strong predictor of whether you stray into a life of crime, according to a research paper co-written by UT Dallas criminologist Dr. J.C. Barnes.

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Murder, mystery, and mayhem rule the landscape of television, where talk shows and crime scene investigation dramas use autopsy reports from forensic pathologists as bills of fare to whet our appetites for not only who “dunnit” but also how they did it.

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The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI)—a nonprofit organization that facilitates cooperation between law enforcement, healthcare professionals, state regulatory agencies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the prevention and investigation of drug diversion—today released the following statement in reaction to proponent testimony in the Ohio House of Representatives on House Bill 334.

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Peter Jackson believes Damien Echols would be dead now if not for a 1996 documentary that cast doubt on the man's guilt in three child murders.

And Amy Berg, Jackson's colleague on the Sundance Film Festival premiere "West of Memphis," believes former Death Row inmate Echols and two other men might still be in prison if not for the independent investigation launched by "The Lord of the Rings" filmmaker and his wife, Fran Walsh.

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Using a range of geophysical surveying tools including ground penetrating radar, resistance survey, and electrical imaging, forensic archaeologist Caroline Sturdy Colls has laid to rest doubts about the existence of mass graves at the Treblinka death camp in Poland.

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