Thursday, March 13, 2008

Day Three: Forensics Officer: "CSI" is "scripted fantasy"

Officer Adrian Grenier now takes the stand. Officer Grenier is employed as a NYS Police Officer. He says he would train new officers coming out of the Academy. He says he is currently a forensics identification officer, where he works to reconstruct crime scenes. His background is confirmed, especially is certification in crime scenes and blood splatter.

He says he's investigated over 100 crime scenes in his career.

Prosecution asks if the Officer is familiar with the TV show "CSI," which Officer Grenier says"loosely depicts crime scene investigation, and while entertaining, is not very accurate." He refers to it as "scripted fantasy." He says the time frames in which the characters on TV perform investigations is handled with "creative license."

Prosecution then brings Grenier's attention to his meeting with Dr. Sikirica, the forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Lindsey. Grenier took all the photographs as the autopsy was performed.

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