Forensics part 1

In part 1, Brandt, Danielle and Olivia explore the dubious nature of polygraphs, bite marks and blood spatter analysis evidence.

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Sources for today's Episode:

 

2009 National Academy of Science “Strengthening Forensic Science in the U.S.”: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228091.pdfLie Detectors: Why they don't work, and why police use them anyway - https://www.vox.com/2014/8/14/5999119/polygraphs-lie-detectors-do-they-workThe curious story of how the lie detector came to be - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22467640Lie detectors: The History of an American Obsession - ttps://www.amazon.com/The-Lie-Detectors-American-Obsession/dp/0743259882Why police use lie detectors - even though the tests are bogus - https://www.vox.com/2015/10/18/9560391/polygraphs-wrong-policeWhy Bite Mark Evidence Should Never Be Used in Criminal Trials - https://innocenceproject.org/what-is-bite-mark-evidence-forensic-science/False Positive: How "science" and "justice" failed Robert Lee Stinson. - https://www.vox.com/videos/2019/2/14/18223871/wrongful-conviction-bite-marks-robert-lee-stinson'We are going backward': How the justice system ignores science in pursuit of convictions - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/we-are-going-backward-how-justice-system-ignores-science-pursuit-n961256How a Dubious Forensic Science Spread Like a Virus. - https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter-analysis/herbert-macdonell-forensic-evidence-judges-and-courts/Bloodstain Analysis Convinced a Jury She Stabber her 10-year-old Son. Now, even freedom can't give her back her life. - https://www.propublica.org/article/bloodstain-pattern-analysis-jury-wrongful-conviction-acquitted-exonerated