"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions
"To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists who use validated scientific techniques to follow the evidence to the truth, regardless of where it leads. Sadly, that is far from accurate."
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CSI is great propaganda for the government. As to reality, your chances of finding justice in the criminal "Justice System" are pretty slim. This has interesting implications in the arrest phase...