Toolmark analysis: The forensic examination of marks left by tools on various substrates, including bone, to identify the type or individual instrument responsible for the injury.

Judge orders new trial for suspect in 1991 Grand Junction pipe bombings that killed 2 people Judge finds tool-mark evidence used to tie James Genrich to bombings was unconstitutional ...

Ballistics examination is a century-old forensic discipline but has come under increased scrutiny from scientists and courts in recent years. While the most recent study found examiners were very ...

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Researchers at the Hebrew University have developed an exceptionally accurate method for predicting chronological age from ...

But The Innocence Project is pressing on against tool mark evidence. During its 30 years of existence, it has used DNA to exonerate 375 people who were wrongfully convicted.

DELPHI, Ind. (WISH) — Testimony today in the trial of a man accused of killing two Delphi tennagers in 2017 centered around “tool marks” and the evidence a firearm leaves on a fired and un ...

The 4,000-year-old skull and mandible of an Egyptian man show signs of cancerous lesions and tool marks, according to a recent paper published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine.

Updated at 6:14 p.m. on July 10th, 2023. A new trial has been ordered for a Grand Junction man who was sentenced to life in prison for a string of bombings that killed two people in the 1990s.

In the appeals court’s opinion, the tool-mark analysis evidence was crucial to the conviction, meaning Genrich should receive a new trial. “Specifically, ...