Yeah, it's not at all like CSI, people.

So just consider the # of people's lives that were ruined by these evil, incompetent, bureaucratic douchebags, as a matter of course and without a second thought. More at the link, of course.

Report: New York State Crime Lab Tainted by Incompetence, Corruption, Indifference | The Agitator:

"New York State’s inspector general issued a blistering critique of the state’s crime lab. The report came after a private accrediting organization found significant problems with one particular lab worker who had so little training that he couldn’t operate the microscope he was supposed to be using for hair and fiber analysis. Armed with a cheat sheet from a former supervisor, Gary Veeder managed to fake lab reports in criminal cases for 15 years. He killed himself last year.

A wayward crime lab worker who fakes his way into the job is one thing. A fraud who manages to stay on the job for 15 years is a symptom of mass institutional failure."