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Prosecutors can still question possible jurors about the “CSI effect,” the theory that jury members who have watched crime-based fictional television shows are less likely to convict without forensic ...

The Maryland Court of Appeals rejected a criminal defendant's claim that he received ineffective counsel because of his attorney's failure to object to a "CSI-effect" voir dire question in 2007, ...

When forensic pathologists take the witness stand, Oregon District Attorney Justin Marquis begins by asking, "Do you run around in miniskirts with a gun in one hand and a microscope in the other?" The ...