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On the recordSeptember 8, 2009
How significant is it, in terms of your own investigative authorities and responsibilities as police officers, to not just have accurate scientific evidence, but timely access to it while the crime is fresh and the witnesses are around and interconnections can be made with other evidence in other cases?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the importance of timely access to scientific evidence for effective investigations.

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