Forensic techniques are subject to human bias, lack standards, panel found Washington Post - In Hollywood, the moment the good guys trace a hair, a bullet fragment or a fingerprint, it’s game over. The bad guy is locked up. But the glamorized portrait is not so simple in real life. “The forensic science system, encompassing both research and practice, has serious problems that can only be addressed by a national commitment to overhaul the current structure,” the panel concluded in 2009. To read more of this article, click here. The Real CSI – Frontline Frontline – Investigates the flaws in some of the best-known tools of forensic science. Watch the The Real CSI – Frontline program, here.
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