“Hundreds of innocent people have been convicted by bad science, permitting an equal number of perpetrators to go free. None of the traditional forensic techniques, such as hair comparison, bite-mark analysis or ballistics analysis, qualifies as rigorous, reproducible science. An overwhelming majority of wrong decisions resulted from flawed science-related procedures, such as eyewitness errors, faulty lab procedures and false confessions. But it’s not just forensics: bad science is marbled throughout our legal system, from the way police interrogate suspects to the decisions judges make on whether to admit certain evidence in court.” A particularly offensive example is the false confession inducing Reid method of interrogation.
Source: Time to clean all the junk science out of our courtr…