Tainting Evidence: Inside the Scandals at the FBI Crime Lab

Tainting Evidence: Inside the Scandals at the FBI Crime Lab published by Free Press, New York, NY, 1998. 1st Edition1st Printing. Hardbound, no DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 355 Pgs. ISBN 0684846462. LCCN 98-17910. Since the 1930s, the FBI's crime-fighting reputation has been built, in large part, on its forensic laboratory. In 1997 that reputation was shattered by an 18-month government investigation that upheld allegations of serious malpractice. Now, this book shows that those revelations were just the tip of the iceberg. With evidence culled from thousands of pages of FBI memos, lab reports, internal investigations and dozens of interviews, including exclusive conversations with the FBI's first whistleblower, authors John Kelly and Phillip Wearne demonstrate how the FBI lab has compromised the forensic work in some of the biggest cases of the century: the Oklahoma City bombing, the Unabomber case, the 0J Simpson prosecution and the World Trade Center explosion. Hundreds of criminal cases may have to be reopened. The details exposed here are shocking. Description text copyright 2015 BooksForComfort. Item ID 30597.