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Blood 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
by wmeredith 8y ago
Blood 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-...