Bad Forensics
Episode 132 of the Acid Pop Podcast podcast, hosted by Acid Pop, titled "Bad Forensics" was published on February 24, 2020 and runs 35 minutes.
February 24, 2020 ·35m · Acid Pop Podcast
Summary
This week we take a hard look at the evidence before deciding that it's all useless. Join us as we discuss the incredible fallibility of fingerprints, hair, and bite marks. Sources: https://www.innocenceproject.org/dna-exonerations-in-the-united-states/ https://time.com/wrongly-convicted/ https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5159 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/FBI-Admits-Pseudoscientific-Hair-Analysis-Used-in-Hundreds-of-Cases-180955070/ https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.safeta.org/resource/resmgr/imported/GLOSSARY%20OF%20FORENSIC%20TERMS.pdf https://strangeremains.com/2016/01/16/a-13th-century-guide-to-forensic-anthropology/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/04/21/a-brief-history-of-forensics/ https://theintercept.com/2016/09/07/white-house-report-concludes-that-bite-mark-analysis-is-junk-science/ https://phys.org/news/2016-04-hair-analysis-flawed-forensic-technique.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/21/fbi-jail-hair-mass-disaster-false-conviction https://californiainnocenceproject.org/issues-we-face/bite-mark-evidence/ https://theconversation.com/fingerprinting-to-solve-crimes-not-as-robust-as-you-think-85534 https://www.nature.com/news/2010/100317/full/464344a.html
Episode Description
This week we take a hard look at the evidence before deciding that it's all useless. Join us as we discuss the incredible fallibility of fingerprints, hair, and bite marks.
Sources:
https://www.innocenceproject.org/dna-exonerations-in-the-united-states/
https://time.com/wrongly-convicted/
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5159
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.safeta.org/resource/resmgr/imported/GLOSSARY%20OF%20FORENSIC%20TERMS.pdf
https://strangeremains.com/2016/01/16/a-13th-century-guide-to-forensic-anthropology/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/04/21/a-brief-history-of-forensics/
https://phys.org/news/2016-04-hair-analysis-flawed-forensic-technique.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/21/fbi-jail-hair-mass-disaster-false-conviction
https://californiainnocenceproject.org/issues-we-face/bite-mark-evidence/
https://theconversation.com/fingerprinting-to-solve-crimes-not-as-robust-as-you-think-85534
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