How Corruption in Forensic Science Is Harming the Criminal Justice System
United States (Conversation) – Television crime dramas like “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and its many spin-offs have fostered the popular belief that forensic science, or the use of science to solve crimes, is infallible. Yet, as forensic scandal after forensic scandal sweeps the nation, a competing truth has emerged. Forensic science is only as reliable as the people performing the tests. This means forensic science is vulnerable to distortions caused by corruption or misconduct. The latest forensic scandal based on misconduct erupted in New Jersey in December 2018 in the…
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