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Criminal Enforcement Today
"In any criminal environmental prosecution the evidentiary standard to which the hazardous chemical, biological, or radiological evidence will be held will be that of “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Unfortunately for criminal enforcement authorities, the vast majority of criminal environmental evidence collection protocols used today have been designed to meet only a civil or regulatory standard. While these evidence collection protocols may be acceptable within these venues, they may prove to be woefully inadequate in obtaining a criminal conviction within our adversarial-based criminal justice system. "
Steven C. Drielak
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