Supplement to Chapter 1: Forensic Science in an Adversarial System    Copyright © 2006 DH Kaye

Read the updated version of Chapter 1.

Dr. Fred Zain Falsified blood tests

Joyce Gilchrist Fired after 21 years as a police chemist.

Dr. Ralph Erdmann Falsified autopsies

Dr. Stephen Gervin Banned from a Florida courtroom

Further reading or viewing (optional)

• Photos of Larry Youngblood
• OIG-DOJ, The FBI DNA Laboratory: A Review of Protocol and Practice Vulnerabilities, May 2004 (responding to the accidental discovery of an analyst's false documentation hiding the fact that she was omitting steps in DNA analyses)
• OIG-DOJ follow-up report, June 1998
• Office of the Inspector General, Dep’t of Justice, The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation into Laboratory Practices and Alleged Misconduct in Explosives-Related and Other Cases, Apr. 1997 (responding to "allegations of wrongdoing and improper practices within certain sections of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Laboratory. Those allegations involved some of the most significant prosecutions in the recent history of the Department of Justice, including the World Trade Center bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the mail bomb assassination of U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Vance . . . .")
• Craig Cooley's Forensic Science Hall of Shame

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