Csi On Trial

Based on expert testimony from bloodstain pattern analysts, a jury convicted former state trooper David Camm of killing his family. Years later, he was exonerated when new evidence came to light.

Young sailor Keith Harward was convicted of a vicious assault based on bitemark analysis. After 33 years in prison, new DNA testing finally proved the bite evidence was junk.

Firearms analysis, one of the most common forensic science practices in the US, faces fresh challenges over its underlying science. The national debate on allowing such evidence in court has significant consequences.

Suburban mother Audrey Edmunds was convicted of fatally shaking a neighbour's baby. After 11 years in prison, she was freed when the pathologist who testified against her acknowledged doubts about shaken baby syndrome.

The shoe print at the grisly Idaho crime scene appeared to match Charles Fain's shoe, as both displayed a small nail hole in the sole. Based on this physical evidence, Fain is convicted and sentenced to death.

David Gavitt was freed after 27 years when new arson science exonerated him, but many others remain imprisoned. Forensic science advances, yet legal precedent often relies on outdated methods, leaving innocent people behind bars.