New Zealand’s crime-busting forensics triumph in US murder trial
05 June 2018Forensic software developed by New Zealand scientists at ESR has been used in a trial in Brooklyn, New York.
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Forensic software developed by New Zealand scientists at ESR has been used in a trial in Brooklyn, New York.
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