Episode 23: The Pseudoscience behind Forensic Science

An episode of the The Appeal podcast, hosted by The Appeal, titled "Episode 23: The Pseudoscience behind Forensic Science" was published on November 29, 2018 and runs 19 minutes.

November 29, 2018 ·19m · The Appeal

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We've watched the scene play out in countless police dramas: slick scientific experts with the latest gadgets and technology finding the Bad Guys with forensic pattern matching: Bite marks, fingerprints, a marking on a fired bullet or handwriting on a note. But how scientific are these methods? And how much do prosecutors and judges wildly oversell their reliability? This week, we are joined by Jessica Brand, Legal Director at The Justice Collaborative and Appeal contributor to discuss some of the pseudo-science behind forensic science.

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