CSI is questionable

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Sparky
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CSI is questionable

Unread post by Sparky » Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:29 am

Frontline: The Real CSI

Finger print identification has no science behind it?

Convictions based upon inaccurate, expert testimony?
"It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong."
"Doubt is not an agreeable condition, but certainty is an absurd one."
"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire

Sparky
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Re: CSI is questionable

Unread post by Sparky » Tue May 08, 2012 6:04 am

Evidence collected at crime scenes -- everything from fingerprints to bite marks -- is routinely called upon in the courtroom to prosecute the most difficult crimes and put the accused behind bars. And though glamorized on commercial television, in the real world it's not so cut-and-dried. FRONTLINE investigates the serious flaws in some of the best-known tools of forensic science.
In the real world! "Based on science", does not mean that good science is practiced. The "human factor", flawed, at best, is involved.
"It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong."
"Doubt is not an agreeable condition, but certainty is an absurd one."
"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire

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