Forensics Under Fire
- Episode aired Oct 12, 2006
We all know forensics makes good TV-but does it make good science? Stricter legal standards, combined with the advent of DNA analysis, have exposed the shaky scientific foundations of a numb... Read allWe all know forensics makes good TV-but does it make good science? Stricter legal standards, combined with the advent of DNA analysis, have exposed the shaky scientific foundations of a number of forensic techniques. NGC takes a hard look at some of the most venerable forensic di... Read allWe all know forensics makes good TV-but does it make good science? Stricter legal standards, combined with the advent of DNA analysis, have exposed the shaky scientific foundations of a number of forensic techniques. NGC takes a hard look at some of the most venerable forensic disciplines, fire investigation and firearms analysis, and asks whether the methods that mak... Read all