Quotes About Forensics

He doesn't wear gloves and won't bother to wipe down any surfaces prior to leaving, for he has no fingerprints. They were removed with the application of a series of lightly applied acids and CO2 laser treatments

Knowing the poison is never the same as knowing the killer.

I am really into crime documentaries.

The forensics officer bagged both brushes. For DNA testing.

As the greatest of detectives makes the greatest of criminals, a specialist in investigation is also a specialist in murder.

check the prints. At the end of that time, he went back down to the lab

thought I might have to prove later that she was my kill and not somebody else's, so I grabbed two fourteen-inch white plastic ties from the truck and cinched them around her neck for ID.

scene of a murder in Peckham. It is standard procedure

Scientifically illiterate case law like this obviates the need for rigorous research in forensics. Few traditional forensic techniques have useful applications outside of the justice system and, as a result, once courts allow a technique to be used, there is no real incentive to conduct research—or even test the abilities of putative experts. Why conduct research on a technique that has already been accepted in court, the only place it matters?

In at least half of the DNA exonerations of innocent men and women, bad forensics have been the cornerstone of the prosecution's evidence.

He presided over murder trials, studied forensics and knew more about the science than the experts, and, most importantly, he knew how much evidence was needed to convict. A helluva lot! Beyond a reasonable doubt. Far more than any low-paid cop had been able to find along his graveyard trail.

Besides, our DNA profiles are already in the army and FBI files. When there's a chance that some suicide bomber is going to blow you into hamburger, the army wants to be able to identify the scrap meat. We've all got DNA profiles.

I have no faith in the USA corporate government systems of protection of public health and safety.

By studying the number of fingerprinted smudge marks on a phone or tablet screen, it's easy to determine the approximate age of its owner.

The detectives asked him why he had had sex with a dead person and he replied that the body had still been warm. This confirmed the fact that people were just objects to him. All serial killers regard their victims as objects.

If a body has decomposed on a crime scene there is usually a black stain left on the ground, caused by the body fluids and the insect activity. The odour can also often still be detected and sometimes there are still maggots or their shells left behind.

I wouldn't think it was an easy thing to stab someone in the chest. There are the ribs to get through, and one of the roles they play is to stop damage to vital organs beneath. Her killer had known what they were doing.

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology it's solved by people.

The medical examiner had found what appeared to be the markings of a tenderizing instrument on the pieces of biceps and thigh. The markings corresponded with a wooden meat tenderizer recovered from the scene. The paper-thin cuts of individually wrapped heart and liver made it look as though he was storing the "food" for later use.

I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your dentist is?

I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your dentist is?