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Fred Zain Case Study

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The Ethics of Fred Zain Fred Zain was a forensic lab technician that worked for both the states of West Virginia and Texas. A man who did a job he was severely under qualified for, for ten years, and who was thought to be a start asset in his line of work.Fred Zain had testified in countless cases, presenting himself well and appeared to know his trade so well that no one in the courtroom questioned the lab results obtained by Zain. It is very well known that his actions in court are viewed as unethical by today’s standards. In his time of employment, Fred Zain acquired a lengthy rap sheet of tampering and falsifying evidence, false convictions. Fred Zain was a man who would do anything and everything to convict anyone he saw as guilty. A man who did so until his lies and deceit finally caught up with him. Fred Zain was a master of deception. So good, that he managed to get a job in a forensic lab …show more content…

They did not like the fact that he did not work in accordance to the rules. Because the dislike of colleagues did not match the respect of prosecutors, the instance was dropped. Such a serious crime of scientific fraud ignored and dismissed, for something as childish as coworkers not getting along. This was only the beginning of the the allowance of Fred Zain to do whatever his wanted. It was not only West Virginia that made the mistake of hiring such an inadequate person for the job. The state of Texas also provided work for the unethical man. He was put under investigation in Texas as well, however, in his work it Texas, the statue of limitation allowed him to walk. This was in 1997, in 1995, Fred Zain was acquitted in West Virginia. Time and time again this man managed to portray a man of innocence. In his mind, he truly believed he was innocent. That he was merely doing his

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