Forensics: Junk science gets support from DOJ Statement Pushing Dubious Forensic Science Is Challenged by Advocates

Posted on August 8, 2021 by csidds

Democracy Forward and the Union of Concerned Scientists say the Trump-era statement is biased, inaccurate, and runs afoul of federal law.
— Read on theintercept.com/2021/08/08/forensic-science-reform-justice-department/

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Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.
This entry was posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, forensic evidence exaggeration, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, wrongful convictions and tagged . Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Forensics: Junk science gets support from DOJ Statement Pushing Dubious Forensic Science Is Challenged by Advocates

  1. John Lentini says:
    August 8, 2021 at 7:36 pm

    Some feature matching disciplines are very subjective and others are not. I think PCAST made an error by lumping them all together. Bitemarks are bullshit. Firearms identification done correctly is not. Cartridge case identification not so much. Fingerprint ID is mostly reliable depending on the quality of the latent print may or may not be reliable, but usually, it is. The main question I have is “why do we let non-scientists (judges) decide what is good science and what is not?”

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