It is rather shocking how much police and prosecutors have relied on junk science for convictions, and even executions, such as the "shaken baby syndrome" quack

It is rather shocking how much police and prosecutors have relied on junk science for convictions, and even executions, such as the "shaken baby syndrome" quackery whereby a man's life hangs in the balance at this moment--I believe that his governor has issued a stay of execution for the time being. My parents, especially my murder-mystery mother, are voracious consumers of procedural police dramas, such as NCIS (I mean, I've got to love perky-goth Abby Sciuto and "Major MassSpec".) They also love the Canadian series The Murdoch Mysteries which introduces a little steampunk and historical forensic science into the mix, harkening back to when "fingermarks" were state-of-the-art.