Ballistics expert Captain Laurence Makgotloe, who is accused of manipulating forensic evidence to help people evade justice, has not been cleared by internal disciplinary processes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 17—Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday afternoon in the Logan Clegg double murder trial after hearing from a forensics ...

Captain Laurence Makgotloe, a ballistic analyst, faces a one-month suspension after a guilty verdict in the Armand Swart ...

ANNAPOLIS ROCK, Md. — If you’re a fan of crime shows like CSI, or if you remember the DC Sniper case, then it’s a good bet you know about “ballistics evidence.” That’s where examiners compare the ...

SAPS ballistics expert, Brigadier Mishak Mkhabela, has disclosed that police were forced to repurpose a museum into a secure storage facility to house more than 29,000 firearms linked to killings ...

Captain Meldon Mkhatshwa informed the Madlanga Commission that the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) was struggling and had become ineffective following the directive to disband issued by suspended ...

In any trial involving a shooting, there's a good chance that sooner or later the jury will hear testimony from a forensic ballistics examiner. Ballistics testing, and in particular the study of ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Authorities say that new technology has provided “decisive evidence that conclusively links” a suspect in the 1975 murder of 20-year-old John Curtis Patterson. However, the suspect, ...

Forensic reports often arrive in court clothed with an aura of science, certainty and neutrality, particularly in cases ...

ITS RULING. IT IS A VERY WELL REASONED AND DETAILED DECISION. PROFESSOR DAVID CHARLES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW SAYS THE SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND TOOK THE TIME TO LOOK AT COURT ...