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Some sciences are not robust because they are hard to make robust. In contrast, forensic science, the example given in this article as perceived by the public a
by jbapple 10y ago
Some sciences are not robust because they are hard to make robust. In contrast, forensic science, the example given in this article as perceived by the public as robust, seems to be set up by the government's criminal justice apparatus to ensure that the state imprisons and executes as many people as possible. Examples of impossible and absurd forensic science include the results of James Grigson, Pamela Fish, Annie Dookhan, Michael West, Steven Hayne, John Preston, and FBI hair analysis.
For example, Steven Hayne claimed that he could tell from a bullet wound that more than one person was holding the gun. John Preston claimed his dog could track a human scent on a street after a hurricane. Annie Dookhan and Pamela Fish falsified drug and DNA tests.