Television shows like CSI provide an unrealistic view of the technology available to death investigators. In this photo from a recent episode of CSI:NY, characters Det. Josephine "Jo" Danville (Sela Ward) confers with Dr. Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper) and Dr. Sid Hammerback (Robert Joy) in their lab.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (left) talks with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program at the Department of Justice on Jan. 11. The department is putting a focus on civil rights, including developing special units.
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