Unethical Behavior in Forensic Science

The acquittal of Peter Nickel in February of 2004 from assertions that he was responsible for the death of his long-time employee Gary Rowley in a major car accident was a when Nickels Defense justiceyer, Gary M. Wilson, accuses the Detroit police of normalize evidence.Crowley was said to be on the drivers seat while Nickel was at the transports cargo bed. A faulty roadway and a blown-up tire was said to be the major cause for the accident as Cowley was thrown off the truck and was pinned under the trucks cargo bed when it veered off the road, rolled over and hit a telephone pole.Both victims were said to contain been intoxicated prior to the accident but accusations on Nickels intentional involvement in the incident was put into question when Wilson argued that the police had switched the original blown-up tire to conceal evidence and persist conviction.Mr. Wilsons allegations were later found to be true when a sheriff deputy admitted to have made the switch. self-propelled fo rensic scientist, Sal Fariello, gave his expert opinion on the case, testifying that most DUI crashes cannot be convicted by mere alcohol alcohol addiction alone since most accidents would have happened anyway even if the persons involved were sober.T here(predicate) seems to be rampant cases involving incompetent law enforcers and investigators who tamper with evidences in order to easily solve the case and move on to another. The case exemplified here is a classic scenario of intentional tampering of evidence and authorities should consider how to contain and prevent such(prenominal) mistakes from recurring in crime scenes.ReferenceResponsibility in DUI Laws, Inc. (2004, February 13). Police Evidence Tampering in gritty Profile DUI Vehicle Homicide Case. Retrieved April 19, 2009, from http//www.ridl.us/articles/policeTampering.html.