I mentioned the temperatures, only 56, and that numbers come up four degrees from where we are just a couple of hours ago. 54 in ocean city. Average high temperature, close to 70. Were about 15 degrees cooler than we should be. But by the end of the week, well be 20 degrees warmer. Talk more about that in 15 minutes. Thank you, doug. The fire at a building under construction in college park is now under control, but firefighters will probably have to stay there through much of the night, keeping an eye on hot spots. Earlier today flames were shooting through the roof as you can see in this video from chopper 4, the entire neighborhood and surrounding counties have been dealing with the fallout from this. Tracee wilkins is at the scene. This was a tough one to get under control. Reporter this was a tough one to get under control, and there are lots of reasons for why that was the case. I want to show you what it looks like right now as thmo georges county firefighters and all the other
In the Casey Anthony trial. In fact there is no nationl standard for any forensic testimony. The judge allowed in the smell test when it comes to death . And it had never been allowed in a court. And what about getting certified in forensics . You can do that online. If you want a certificate that says you are certified in forensics, this is the place to go to. Tonight ofrontline, correspondent Lowell Bergman joins with propublica in an investigation of one of the increasingly controversial tools of the criminal Justice System Forensic Science. There is something that people need to understand about bad Expert Witness testimony and bad science it doesnt just put innocent people in jail, it leaves murderers on the street. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verda
In the Casey Anthony trial. In fact there is no nationl standard for any forensic testimony. The judge allowed in the smell test when it comes to death . And it had never been allowed in a court. And what about getting certified in forensics . You can do that online. If you want a certificate that says you are certified in forensics, this is the place to go to. Tonight ofrontline, correspondent Lowell Bergman joins with propublica in an investigation of one of the increasingly controversial tools of the criminal Justice System Forensic Science. There is something that people need to understand about bad Expert Witness testimony and bad science it doesnt just put innocent people in jail, it leaves murderers on the street. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verda
Cant learn about whether programs are working or not. The problem is the action that takes place as a result of learning, the evolution. That is where any organization resists getting rid of things that dont work. It will do anything to avoid that. It was different in the private sector. I have been in the private sector and if you are not confronted with the discipline of profit and loss in a big way, you are not inclined to undertake evolutionary change yourself. So i think you can get useful evaluation internally and from contractors but in the end you wont get the evolution. A very brief comment. Very good example which i discuss in the book is head start where outside evaluators and the department of health and Human Services has done very costly and extensive assessments for the program over the course of many decades and they have pretty uniformly, there is in defense but uniformly show the effects of head start, positive effects of head start erode by the third grade and even o
Like the science of fingerprints. No two people have the same fingerprint. Thats the scientific premise. Is that true . I thought so. In the Casey Anthony trial. In fact there is no nationl standard for any forensic testimony. The judge allowed in the smell test when it comes to death . And it had never been allowed in a court. And what about getting certified in forensics . You can do that online. If you want a certificate that says you are certified in forensics, this is the place to go to. Tonight ofrontline, correspondent Lowell Bergman joins with propublica in an investigation of one of the increasingly controversial tools of the criminal Justice System Forensic Science. There is something that people need to understand about bad Expert Witness testimony and bad science it doesnt just put innocent people in jail, it leaves murderers on the street. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public bro