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The real CSI, a Frontline production in collaboration with ProPublica and the Investigative Reporting Program at University of California Berkeley Graduate School in Journalism ; written and produced by Andrš Cediel & Lowell Bergman

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The real CSI

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a Frontline production in collaboration with ProPublica and the Investigative Reporting Program at University of California Berkeley Graduate School in Journalism ; written and produced by Andrš Cediel & Lowell Bergman

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From the courtroom to the living room, forensic science is king. Experts on fingerprints, ballistics, and bite mark analysis are routinely called on to solve the most difficult criminal cases. But how reliable is the science behind forensics? A Frontline investigation finds serious flaws in some of the best-known tools of forensic science and wide inconsistencies in how forensic evidence is presented in the courtroom

Fingerprints can lie --The weak link in fingerprint IDs -- An explosive report on forensics --The Casey Anthony case -- Getting certified in forensics -- Epilogue

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Real crime scene investigation