I was thrilled that in the 11/14/13 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled "Helpless" that a CSI actually admitted that a surface was 'not conducive to prints'.
There is a symptom of these shows called the "CSI effect" which manifests in court trials. The juries are so used to the fast and miraculous results seen in this television shows that they have come to expect the results in real life.
A lot of time and attention is now the duty of attorneys to explain why things are not there or why they don't have a case based on some of the same results that the jury saw in an episode last week.
The fact that the television show is slowly beginning to put some reality back into the excitement of criminal investigation is going to be a blessing to CSIs and attorneys alike in future court cases.
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