during his closing argument , barney did much to malign the police and their work-the prolonged investigation , the loss of gore 's hair samples , their seeming blindness to gore as a suspect , dennis smith 's slipshod fingerprinting at the crime scene , the numerous requests for samples from ron , the questionable tactics used in taking his dream confession , the failure to provide the defense with ron 's earlier statement , the evershifting opinions from the osbi gang .