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Dig Deeper: What You Need to Know About the Financial Crisis
Amid the fiercest financial crisis since the Great Depression, FRONTLINE has been at the forefront of investigating the roots of the meltdown, the hidden stories of those who warned about what was to come and the lessons moving forward.
April 20, 2012
VA to Hire Almost 2,000 Additional Mental Health Staffers
While most praised this week's announcement, some voiced concerns about how and when the Department of Veterans Affairs will increase its already depleted workforce.
April 20, 2012
Do We Need a "Death Penalty" for Negligent Oil Companies?
Two years after an explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and unleashed more than 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, deepwater drilling is back up at the levels it was before the April 20, 2010 accident...
April 19, 2012
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