Prosecutors, police, and forensic examiners must spare no pains to take maximum advantage of the physical evidence from a crime scene if they are to avoid letting key clues slip right through their fingers.
然而包括檢警雙方，以及法醫等部門在案件現場上對物證的尊重，也是讓鑑識會不會「黃金變垃圾」的關鍵之一。