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JUNK SCIENCE and The American Justice System
Why do folks like True Crime stories in all their manifestations? I have been told
it’s not the gore or even the unravelling of the mystery. In the end, it comes
down to one thing: the “perp” getting his or her just desserts and going prison
or being executed. But what if that resolution relied on JUNK SCIENCE to obtain
that outcome. Those of us addicted to Law and Order or CSI love our forensic
experts. But what if all, or most, of their work has little or no basis in
actual verifiable science? Voice prints, bite marks, hair analysis, garbage bag creases, blood spatter, burn
path, fingerprints, face recognition, ballistics, footprints, handwriting analysis,
and hypnosis, are just a few. Yes, even fingerprint analysis is far from
perfect. To explain it all to us is Innocence Project attorney and author M. Chris Fabricant.
(Graphic by Gabriele Wilson)
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By James Sulanowski
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1212 ratings
Why do folks like True Crime stories in all their manifestations? I have been told
it’s not the gore or even the unravelling of the mystery. In the end, it comes
down to one thing: the “perp” getting his or her just desserts and going prison
or being executed. But what if that resolution relied on JUNK SCIENCE to obtain
that outcome. Those of us addicted to Law and Order or CSI love our forensic
experts. But what if all, or most, of their work has little or no basis in
actual verifiable science? Voice prints, bite marks, hair analysis, garbage bag creases, blood spatter, burn
path, fingerprints, face recognition, ballistics, footprints, handwriting analysis,
and hypnosis, are just a few. Yes, even fingerprint analysis is far from
perfect. To explain it all to us is Innocence Project attorney and author M. Chris Fabricant.
(Graphic by Gabriele Wilson)
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