The Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) based at the University of Dundee is a research centre trying to push the boundaries of Forensic Science. We have made minor changes to the FST framework and in-built hardcoded variables purely for the purposes of making a portable and working version. No changes have been made to the underlying algorithms or functionality of the tool.
This is purely a research exercise and no implicit or explicit guarantee is made regarding the accuracy of the results generated by this implementation of FST.
- Styling fixes to correct display errors in the browser
- added Microsoft report viewer DLLs for ease of build
ProPublica obtained the source code for New York City's Forensic Statistical Tool (FST), developed by employees of the city's medical examiner's office to help analyze complex DNA evidence from crime scenes.
The software source code contained within this repository is Copyright © City of New York and was unsealed by a federal judge after a motion by ProPublica.
For more info, and for links to newly unredacted expert affidavits analyzing this program, please read our story about this source code release.
Read about this program's design and functionality in the medical examiner's office's FST executive summary, user manual, and validation summary.
For more background on FST, read our earlier coverage:
- Thousands of Criminal Cases in New York Relied on Disputed DNA Testing Techniques, September 4, 2017.
- ProPublica Seeks Source Code for New York City’s Disputed DNA Software, September 25, 2017.