FRONTLINE: The Real "CSI" DVD

This video is used for our Forensic science program. Real life senario video is very impacting.

Every jurors should view this first inorder not to be influenced by CSI TV. Also a must see for every Prosecutor.

This is not much a documentary, but more of a series of one-sided arguments that have been presented for the past several years without succe. Many of these arguments concerning the firearm and fingerprint disciplines, once presented in court, where both sides of the argument are heard were not succeful. For example, the documentary references the statement: Fingerprints are infallible. To my knowledge the FBI never officially claimed fingerprint evidence was infallible EUR well, the word infallible was motioned once in the forward of an FBI book on fingerprints. Even then, the unknown author seemed to be referring to individual identification based on a fingerprint booking card EUR a form of identification that is a close to infallible as any evidence proceed by humans can be. Fingerprint evidence is probably the most reliable evidence introduced into court. Even the time spent on the bogus certificates was of limited value. An expert witne must be qualified as such and I suspect a witne would have a difficult time using the bogus certificate to justify qualifications in a specialty area. Of course I would like to see these bogus certificates mills go out of busine. But I think more damage was done by the incomplete information presented in this documentary. I do think any person interested in forensics should view this documentary. People should be exposed to all sides of an iue. Just keep an open mind and do a little research.