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Color comparison of fibers is determined using gas chromatography. 

All evidence must be packaged in:

During the autopsy process, the internal examination is performed before the external examination. 

Refractive index measurements are often used in forensic glass comparison. 

Criminal procedure is a series of processes that must be correctly carried out by the government in order to prosecute someone for a crime. 

The Frye decision overturned the Daubert v. Merrill Dow pharmaceutical decision in 1983 and continues to be the Gold Standard for determining the reliability of scientific evidence. 

Forensic scientists use the following techniques to examine evidence:

One of the roles of the forensic anthropologist is to compare postmortem skeletal traits to antemortem skeletal traits. 

Artistic paints are the most commonly encountered type of paints in forensic case work. 

The forensic entomologist focuses primarily on postmortem interval.