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Casey Anthony Trial Shows the Limits of Forensic Science in Proving How a Child Died

Aarti Shahani, ProPublica. July 5, 2011.

The verdict shocked a bevy of TV legal analysts as well as the millions of viewers who had slavishly followed the case's lurid twists and turns.

Texas Executed An Innocent Man

The Innocence Project, August 31, 2009.

The tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was falsely accused of setting a fire that killed his children -- and then executed for it.

Government-Funded Study Calls for Major Overhaul of Nation's Crime Labs

delete, ProPublica. February 18, 2009.

A new report recommends taking forensics out of the hands of the DOJ and creating a new agency to police crime labs.

Revisiting the Wasilla Rape Kit Story

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. September 29, 2008.

News that Wasilla charged rape victims for forensic work has hit the mainstream. But the practice is more common than we think.

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