Part 4: SBI relies on bullet analysis that critics deride as unreliable
Editor's note: A front-page story Aug. 14, 2010, about bullet analysis in a Pitt County case incorrectly characterized the notes taken by SBI firearms analyst Beth Desmond in advance of a 2006 murder trial. Her notes and analysis were typed, not "scribbled." Also, a story about the firearms unit of the SBI lab incorrectly reported the adjudication of a Wilson County murder case in which a lab analyst was .....
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