FBI Called in to Investigate North Carolina Crime Lab

Testing cases going back 20 years is going to be expen­sive and time con­sum­ing. These errors could have been caught if the lab had a pol­icy in place for bet­ter dis­cov­ery. The United States has an adver­sar­ial legal sys­tem, a series of checks and bal­ances. As long as crime labs are con­trolled by prosecutorial

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Yet Another Article About the CSI Effect

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An excel­lent arti­cle reit­er­at­ing the effects TV shows like CSI are hav­ing on crime lab case­loads, juror opin­ions, as well as new defense attor­ney tactics.

Original arti­cle here.

Prime time pushes trend in crime foren­sics
By Josh Mitchell • Staff Writer

Waynesville defense attor­ney Don Patten has noticed an inter­est­ing trend among jurors in recent years.

They are hungry

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