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Blood Spatter Will Tell
- wmeredith 8y agoBlood spatter analysis, along with most all other forensic “science” (save DNA testing), is hand wavy bullshit that’s more about upping case closure rates than convictions. Here’s a good overview https://theintercept.com/2015/04/24/badforensics/ https://theintercept.com/2015/04/24/badforensics/
- cafard 8y agoIndeed, the NY Times Sunday Magazine had a piece not long ago about some fellow in Texas who was convicted chiefly on what sounded like really sorry blood splatter evidence: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/23/magazine/joe-bryan-blood-forensics-murder.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/23/magazine/joe-...