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Understanding Cross Contamination in Forensics by reyahteoj is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Cross contamination of evidence can affect the outcome of court cases. The definition of cross contamination is the failure to preserve the purity of evidence through transfer between locations or people. Improper evidence handling, like not changing gloves between samples or wiping tools instead of replacing them, can lead to incorrect conclusions being drawn. The Innocence Project was founded to help wrongfully convicted people, especially through contaminated DNA evidence. The FBI crime lab had issues in
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