Maryland’s top court excused lawyers who failed to object to judges telling jurors the state need not present DNA evidence to prove guilt before a 2010 ruling. This expectation of jurors has been ...

Maryland’s top court on Tuesday unanimously overturned a man’s conviction for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl in Salisbury, saying he was denied a fair trial because the judge told the jury that ...

Many prosecutors complain that shows like CSI make their job harder, as jurors demand ultra-high-tech tests to convict suspects. But an... Is The 'CSI Effect' Influencing Courtrooms? The fictional ...

The burglary call at the laundromat came in on a slow day, so Greeley police officer John Zakavec was able to work on it undisturbed for a long time. One of the pieces of evidence he obtained from the ...

Representations of forensics on the popular CBS television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation are frequently criticized as unrealistic, but the depictions “are meaningful and should not be easily ...

Some legal experts say television is the reason juries sometimes can't make a unanimous decision. Others blame technology and sometimes stubborn jurors. Of the 57 jury trials Jefferson County Criminal ...