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National Academy of Sciences blasts Nation`s Crime Labs

Jimmy AtesFrom the blog of the Innocence Project of Florida :A report being released this month by the National Academy of Sciences is expected to be "a sweeping critique of many forensic methods that the police and prosecutors rely on," according to The New York Times last week. People who have seen it say it is a sweeping critique of many forensic methods that the police and prosecutors rely on, including fingerprinting, firearms identification and analysis of bite marks, blood spatter, hair and handwriting.The report says such analyses are often handled by poorly trained technicians who then exaggerate the accuracy of their methods in court.It's authors recommend the creation of a federal agency "to finance research and training and promote universal standards in forensic science, a discipline that spans anthropology, biology, chemistry, physics, medicine and law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on February 14, 2009 (boomark / email).