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> The field has a horrendous track record: More than two dozen people arrested or convicted with bitemark evidence have since been exonerated. It's probably tr
by umvi 4y ago
> The field has a horrendous track record: More than two dozen people arrested or convicted with bitemark evidence have since been exonerated.
It's probably true that bitemark analysis is ineffective at identifying biters, but I would appreciate it if the full data picture were painted. 2 dozen people out of how many total?
It's like saying "X vaccine has a horrendous track record: more than 50 people have died after receiving it". 50 out of how many? If 200, that is indeed horrendous (25% death rate), but if 50 million, then it's not horrendous (0.0001% death rate). Let me be the judge of what is horrendous or not by giving me full context.
- PebblesRox 4y agoFrom the article, seems like only a few hundred cases: “Bitemark analysis has been used only in a small percentage of criminal convictions...At worst, it would require the re-opening and reinvestigation of a few hundred cases.