Science plays a growing role in crime detection and prosecution, but experts at four universities say a lot can go wrong in the lab, and many people may be wrongly convicted based on bogus claims. Now, the University of Virginia is joining three other schools to do research and share findings on the subject as Sandy Hausman reports.
Joining Forces for Forensic Evidence
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