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National Academy of Sciences Report--2009 National Academy of Sciences Report Science Found Wanting in Nation's Crime Labs 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 South Carolina Crime Labs Law enforcement using private labs for DNA FBI Crime Lab Supervisor Dr. Fred Whitehurst & the Oklahoma City Bombing Background CSI Effect Crime Lab Report 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