>despite it's very high stakes we hold it to a very low, non-scientific standard of poor engineering. The problem is that nobody cares about the standard, beca

>despite it's very high stakes we hold it to a very low, non-scientific standard of poor engineering. The problem is that nobody cares about the standard, because our society overwhelmingly feels that criminal defendants are just criminals. There is no political will to improve this situation either, as any attempt to improve the standards will be seen by voters as a "soft-on-scrime" measure designed to let more guilty people go free. Unfortunately the rights of criminal defendants are something that few people care about until they or a loved one are charged with a crime. I don't see this changing anytime soon.