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Live Chat 1 p.m. ET: Uncovering "The Real CSI"
Join "The Real CSI" correspondent Lowell Bergman and producer Andres Cediel for a live chat on 4/19 at 1 p.m. ET featuring guest questioner Jeffrey Toobin from The New Yorker. You can leave a question now.
April 19, 2012
Discarded Doll: A Photo Essay of the Caylee Anthony Memorial Site
Haunting images taken in the process of reporting FRONTLINE's The Real CSI.
April 18, 2012
Afghanistan's Opium Production on the Rise
Opium production will rise across Afghanistan in 2012, spreading to more parts of the country than it has in the last few years, according to a new UN assessment.
April 18, 2012
Casey Anthony Trial Lawyers Speak Out About the Case's Controversial Forensics
Thirty-seven forensic experts were called during last summer's sensational murder trial. Prosecutor Jeff Ashton and defense attorney Jose Baez discuss the forensic evidence presented, and offer their opinions as to whether justice was served in the case.
April 17, 2012
Forensic Tools: What's Reliable and What's Not-So-Scientific
From fingerprints to bite marks, not all evidence is backed up by rigorous research. Here are seven common types of forensics and how they stand up to this scientific scrutiny.
April 17, 2012
Dr. Cyril Wecht: The Benefits of Forensic Credentialing
Wecht, a spokesman for one of America's largest credentialing organizations, defends the company against claims that it's a diploma mill. He says the purpose of ACFEI is education and that merely having a certificate doesn't qualify a person to be a forensic expert on the witness stand.
April 17, 2012
Judge Harry T. Edwards: How Reliable is Forensic Evidence in Court?
It can vary, says Judge Harry T. Edwards, a primary author of a landmark 2009 National Academy of Sciences report on the state of forensics. And it's this variability that's a problem at trial: "In an adversarial system, your interest is in prevailing. So you're not looking to make it easier for the other side. You're not going to find scientific truth in the adversarial process."
April 17, 2012
Q&A: What's Behind Chicago's Homicide Spike?
To understand more, FRONTLINE turned to a man with a unique perspective on ending Chicago's violence, "The Interrupter's" Tio Hardiman
April 17, 2012
No Forensic Background? No Problem
There are no national standards for forensic experts. This is how a journalism grad student became certified by the American College of Forensic Examiners International, a leading provider of forensic credentials.
April 17, 2012
Can Unconscious Bias Undermine Fingerprint Analysis?
In 2004, cognitive neoroscientist Itiel Dror set out to examine whether the process of fingerprint analysis, long considered one of the most reliable forms of forensic science, can be biased by the knowledge examiners have when they attempt to find a match for prints from a crime scene. ...
April 16, 2012
Will Syrian Truce Hold?
Despite apprehensions in the lead-up to yesterday's deadline, a tenuous ceasefire agreement brokered by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan took effect in Syria this morning.
April 12, 2012
NOPD Officer Sentenced in Post-Katrina Shooting
Today a judge sentenced former New Orleans police officer Ronald Mitchell to 20 months in prison for perjury and obstruction of justice related to the shooting of Danny Brumfield, who was killed outside the convention center where many evacuees gathered in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
April 11, 2012