Cognitive Dissonance

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Resources: Ten Years Later: The Lasting Impact of the 2009 NAS Report Badly Fragmented Forensic Science System Needs Overhaul - Evidence to Support Reliability of Many Techniques is Lacking A call for more science in forensic science Science organizations renew call for independent U.S. committee on forensics We Must Strengthen the "Science" in Forensic Science - Scientific American Blog Network Is Crime Forensics Flawed? Q&A: The U.S. Department of Justice scrapped independent forensics panel, but the scientific questions 'are not going away' Jeff Sessions Is Keeping Junk Science in America's Courts Another Reprieve for Expert Testimony That Is Anything But Junk Science Is Being Used to Convict Innocent People - ATTN: The Fascinating Physics of Blood Splatters Reversing the legacy of junk science in the courtroom Forensics gone wrong: When DNA snares the innocent Should We Trust Forensic Science? Lives in Balance, Texas Leads Scrutiny of Bite-Mark Forensics Forensic science is biased and inaccurate, but juries believe it and convict the innocent. Serrita Mitchell DNA: The unsettling, underregulated world of crime labs. Episode 94: The Goofy Pseudoscience Copaganda of TV Forensics The Appeal Podcast: The Pseudoscience behind Forensic Science Faulty Forensics: Explained The Innocence Files

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