Unregulated forensic science practices have led to a spate of wrongful convictions. There are too many ‘cowboy’ practitioners whose services can be bought at a price.
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He practised forensic science for more than 20 years, and was a senior research associate at the University of Cambridge
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Erzinçlioglu, Z. British forensic science in the dock. Nature 392, 859–860 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/31795
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