04/12/10 (OH): Ohio Enacts DNA Law Ohio has put a new DNA law on the books aimed at protecting the innocent from wrongful convictions and putting the real criminals behind bars.

04/05/10 (MD): Court Highlights Experts' Fees The Court of Appeals in Maryland has issued an opinion addressing the extent to which expert witnesses who are retained solely for litigation may be forced to produce documentation of the amounts they earn providing expert witness services. Click for a link to a blog by the appellate lawyer.

04/04/10 (MA): Arson Investigators Probe Series of Fires Seven fires in 90 minutes have residents in Everett on edge as local police and state police forensic arson investigators hunt for a suspect.

03/03/10 (PA): Social Workers Convicted In Neglect Case Four social workers have been convicted of fraud for submitting fake paperwork for visits they never made to a disabled teenage girl who weighed only 42 pounds and was covered in maggot-infested sores when she was found dead in her home.

03/01/10 (CA): Expert Speaks To Collaborative The violent death of a toddler last year has spurred a two-county effort to prevent such tragedies by reaching out to women who are having trouble coping after the birth of a child through postpartum depression.