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FBI Lab Scraps Gunfire Residue Testing

Julie Bykowicz writes in The Baltimore Sun:

The FBI is no longer analyzing gunshot residue in its investigations, a blow to once highly regarded evidence used to suggest that a suspected criminal had fired a weapon.

Lawyers, scientists and law enforcement officials across the country said they were astonished by the decision and said it could mean the end of using such evidence.

It also could become a weapon for defense attorneys in pending cases and in efforts to overturn convictions.

posted by Fergie @ 5/26/2006 07:48:00 AM