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Falsified evidence, '''forged evidence''' or '''tainted evidence''' is used to either convict an innocent person, or to guarantee conviction of a guilty person. Some evidence is forged because the person doing the forensic work finds it easier to fabricate evidence than to perform the actual work involved. The planting of a gun at a crime scene would be used by the police to justify a shooting, and avoid possible prosecution for manslaughter. NEW YORK STATE POLICE TROOP C SCANDAL In the New York State Police Troop C Scandal of 1993, Craig D. Harvey a New York State Police trooper was charged with fabricating evidence. Harvey admitted he and another trooper lifted fingerprints from items the suspect, John Spencer, touched while in Troop C headquarters during booking. He attached the fingerprints to evidence cards and later claimed that he had pulled the fingerprints from the scene of the murder. The forged evidence was used during trial and John Spencer was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. FBI CRIME LAB SCANDAL In the 1990s , the Fingerprint , DNA , and explosive units of the FBI Crime Lab had written reports confirming local police department theories without actually performing the work. SEE ALSO
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