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To: Mephisto who wrote (2313)	1/26/2002 1:28:31 AM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Fred Zain will do those tests for a lot less than $500. _________ "White Coat Fraud Fred Zain was frequently called as an expert witness by the state to testify that blood and semen evidence matched that of accused persons. In 1993, an investigation showed that Zain did no tests on some evidence and could not have reached the conclusions he testified to based on the tests he did carry out. The West Virginia state supreme court said, "as a matter of law, any testimonial or documentary evidence offered by Zain at any time in any criminal prosecution should be deemed invalid, unreliable, and inadmissible." By this time Zain had moved from West Virginia and was continuing his work in Texas, a death penalty state. Evidence suggests that ZainÕs is not an isolated case. ÒExpertÓ evidence is often given special weight by juries who have no way of knowing exactly what the expertÕs qualifications are. " deathpenaltyinfo.org

To: Mephisto who wrote (2313)	1/26/2002 8:24:29 AM
From: rich4eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

I got a better one, each year in the US a hundred times as many people die because of inadequate health care than perished on 9/11

To: Mephisto who wrote (2313)	1/27/2002 8:40:05 PM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 15516

"Fixing the Problem Since learning that hundreds of thousands of these cases are unresolved nationwide — simply because of a lack of funds — a private foundation gave police in Baltimore $350,000 to start processing the DNA evidence that has been sitting on shelves for so long. On Thursday, the city of Baltimore matched that amount. "This is the responsibility of government," said Norris. "There's been a lot of talk about it, but little action … I don't think people know that in most cities around the country, their evidence is sitting on shelves and in refrigerators. They just don't know." " abcnews.go.com Maybe just a matter of local police enforcement priorities??