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Source: FRONTLINE PBS, 2022-10-04 23:00

The Real CSI (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

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  • Duration: 53:18

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A joint FRONTLINE investigation found serious flaws in some of the best-known tools of forensic science and inconsistencies in how forensic evidence was presented in the courtroom. (Aired 2012)

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Expertise on fingerprints, ballistics and bite mark analysis is routinely called on to solve the most difficult criminal cases — and to put perpetrators behind bars. But how reliable is the science behind forensics? A joint investigation by FRONTLINE, ProPublica and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley examined the science, the credentialing of forensic experts and how a field with few uniform standards and unproven science could end up undermining the search for justice.

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CHAPTERS:
Prologue - 00:00
How Reliable Are Fingerprints As Evidence? - 01:33
Cognitive Bias in Fingerprint Examiners - 10:31
Is Forensic Science Based on Scientific Methodology? - 17:07
Forensic Evidence in the Casey Anthony Case - 26:20
How to Become a Forensics “Expert” - 35:52
Crime Scene Investigation, An “Evolving Science” - 48:15
Credits - 51:58

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