“Concentrate on what cannot lie: the evidence.”
With that simple statement in the pilot episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” lead character Gil Grissom voices perhaps the greatest myth about forensic science: its certainty.
Since 1989, bad forensic science has contributed to as many as a quarter of the 2,700-plus exonerations nationwide. Tens of thousands of cases have been found to be tainted by faulty forensic analysis or testimony.
The Houston Police Department had one such lab – consumed by years of mismanagement, neglect, and corruption – out of which grew the Houston Forensic Science Center. It has now become a model of reform. Its leader, Peter Stout – a toxicologist who is an unashamed nerd in a macabre high-tech toy store – sees forensic science as a civilizing force that offers “a just result . something that actually is fair, evenhanded, and reflects, as close as you can understand, the actual truth.”
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Advocate Aurora Health is expanding its reach beyond its traditional hospital business with the launch of an investment group on the hunt for organizations it can either acquire or fund in the consumer and wellness sectors.
Advocate Aurora Enterprises was unveiled with its first two deals, the acquisition of Senior Helpers, a firm that offers in-home care for older adults and an investment in Foodsmart, a telenutrition company.
For years, the health system s core focus has been providing a range of medical services to Midwesterners throughout Illinois and Wisconsin via traditional inpatient services as well as its vastly growing outpatient business. The hope is that this for-profit venture will yield an additional revenue stream to ultimately contribute to Advocate Aurora s bottom line.