Prosecutors: Reject expanding evidence for death penalty cases

ANNAPOLIS – Forensic experts and Maryland prosecutors are urging lawmakers to reject a bill that would expand the types of evidence admissible in capital murder cases to include fingerprints and photographs.

“It is not a scientific question, it is a political decision that you need to make,” said Itiel Dror, an international consultant on forensic analysis. “I am here to give you the scientific fact so you do not base it on Hollywood CSI.”