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National Academy of Sciences Report--2009 National Academy of Sciences News Release--Feb.18, 2009
Science Found Wanting in Nation's Crime Labs Report questions science, reliability of crime lab evidence U.S. forensic crime labs need major reform: experts Crime labs need major overhaul, study finds MSNBC News Call For Forensics Overhaul Linked To 'CSI' Effect News Accounts of Problems in Crime Labs "Clueless" Crime Labs Errors High As Mich. Crime Labs Swamped Baltimore's Crime Lab Deficiencies Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab Administrator Fired South Carolina Crime Labs Law enforcement using private labs for DNA Mich. State Crime Lab's Caseloads Up 25% FBI Crime Lab Supervisor Dr. Fred Whitehurst & the Oklahoma City Bombing Resource Problems and Backlogs 50 Largest Crime Labs, 2002 Background CSI Effect Crime Lab Report Forensic Science and Wrongful Convictions The Wrongful Conviction of Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation DNA Testing at Washington Crime Lab Forensics Testimony Brandon L. Garrett & Peter J. Neufeld, Invalid Forensic Science Testimony and Wrongful Convictions, 95 Vir. L. Rev. 1 (2009) [on-line text][extract from the Article Synopsis: "This is the first study to explore the forensic science testimony by prosecution experts in the trials of innocent persons, all convicted of serious crimes, who were later exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing. Trial transcripts were sought for all 156 exonerees identifed as having trial testimony by forensic analysts, of which 137 were located and reviewed."] William C. Thompson & Rachel Dioso-Villa, Turning a Blind Eye to Misleading Scientific Testimony: Failure of Procedural Safeguards in a Capital Case, 18 Alb. J.J. Sci. & Tech. 151 (2008)
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Advanced Criminal Law :: West Memphis 3 
Forensic Science & the Nation's Crime Labs