Forensics Part 2

In part 2, Danielle, Olivia and Brandt delve deeper into forensic science as they question the validity of Fingerprint, Hair, and fire 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.pdfThe Real CSI - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/real-csi/The Myth of Fingerprints - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/myth-fingerprints-180971640/Bias and the  Big Fingerprint Dust-Up - http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/bias-and-the-big-fingerprint-dust-up-3629Faulty Fingerprints - https://www.bu.edu/sjmag/scimag2005/opinion/fingerprints.htmThirty years in jail for a single hair: the FBI's 'mass disaster' of false conviction - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/21/fbi-jail-hair-mass-disaster-false-convictionA Schuster Institute Wrongful Conviction Investigation - https://www.brandeis.edu/investigate/innocence-project/george-perrot/index.htmlFBI Forensics convicted innocent man for 28 years claiming dog hair was his - https://www.nemannlawoffices.com/blog/fbi-forensics-convicted-innocent-man-for-28-years-claiming-dog-hair-was-his.cfmFBI admits pseudoscientific hair analysis used in hundreds of cases - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/FBI-Admits-Pseudoscientific-Hair-Analysis-Used-in-Hundreds-of-Cases-180955070/Long-held beliefs about arson science have been debunked after decades of misuse - https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/long_held_beliefs_about_arson_science_have_been_debunked_after_decades_of_mArson convictions, fire investigations feel the heat - https://psmag.com/news/arson-convictions-fire-investigations-feel-the-heat-3954Top Five Arson Fire Myths - https://abcnews.go.com/2020/fire-arson-myths-misunderstandings/story?id=10540364