To get some handle on the wildly-expanding, mostly unregulated world of genetic testing, the federal government established a voluntary registry in which…

Massachusetts prosecutors have violated defendants’ rights to a fair trial regularly and without punishment, even as wrongfully convicted victims of…

In response to a NECIR investigation, a Massachusetts legislator called benefits “unsustainable and irresponsible.”

Prosecutors dismissed efforts to re-open the 30-year-old murder conviction of Darrell Jones as a “fishing expedition.”

The number of children who died from abuse and neglect in Massachusetts fell sharply in 2014. Did the drop reflect improved vigilance or just good luck?

A Massachusetts judge has scheduled a hearing for convicted murderer Darrell Jones to review his request for documents and trial evidence being sought in…

The National Society of Genetic Counselors issued a statement affirming its ethics code, after a New England Center for Investigative Reporting story…

Parents are starting to question the independence of the fast-growing field of genetic counseling as more and more counselors are paid by the companies that make the tests.

More than 300 exonerations based on DNA evidence have shown how often the U.S. justice system sends innocent people to jail. They have also inspired a new wave of cases that allege police misconduct, unreliable eyewitnesses, and incompetent defense. In this collaboration with WBUR, we investigate the case of Darrell Jones, who's served 30 years for a murder he says he didn't commit.

This is the second article of “Out the Shadows,” an ongoing investigation into child abuse and neglect in Massachusetts.Dozens of cases of Massachusetts…