Backers of forensic facility want independence as well as accuracy

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A National Academy of Sciences report released yesterday calls for the establishment of a new independentNational Institute of Forensic Science. The report says it’s needed because too often scientific evidence in criminal cases leads to wrongful convictions. As Gil Halsted reports the Director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project agrees…

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