Frank Lautenberg actually said...

The bottom line is that we've got to do everything in our power to make sure only sound science is used in our criminal justice system.

DNA testing is a proven method to determine a suspect's guilt or innocence, but the same thing cannot be said of other crime-solving techniq...

The scientific community also has expressed serious concerns about the quality of our country's crime labs.

So poverty has penalties in ways, obviously, recognized, and in my view, this is one of them.