Maryland’s top court excused lawyers who failed to object to judges telling jurors the state need not present DNA evidence to prove guilt before a 2010 ruling. This expectation of jurors has been ...

Many prosecutors complain that shows like CSI make their job harder, as jurors demand ultra-high-tech tests to convict suspects. But an... Is The 'CSI Effect' Influencing Courtrooms? The fictional ...

The burglary call at the laundromat came in on a slow day, so Greeley police officer John Zakavec was able to work on it undisturbed for a long time. One of the pieces of evidence he obtained from the ...

Representations of forensics on the popular CBS television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation are frequently criticized as unrealistic, but the depictions “are meaningful and should not be easily ...

Maryland’s top court will consider whether a judge’s television crime drama-inspired jury instruction that prosecutors need not present forensic evidence to prove guilt was a harmless mistake, given ...

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Vigo County Coroner Roland M. Kohr hates CSI – the popular TV programs about solving often bizarre murders. Thanks to CSI, people have a completely unrealistic idea of what crime-scene investigations ...

The fall semester begins for most Georgia colleges and universities this month and each year school administrators introduce courses and programs they hope will excite students and fill classrooms.

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