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Re:Junk Arson Science Sent Claude Garrett to Prison for Murd... by JackFr on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:33AM (#18185813)
You know what they used to call 'junk science'?

'Science'.

Apart from the particular injustice of this and other cases, it would behoove everyone to be a little more circumspect and humble about what we believe we know.

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Re:Junk Arson Science Sent Claude Garrett to Prison for Murd... by rtkwe on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:37AM (#18185873)
The problem is there's a harsh disincentive for admitting that in any criminal 'science' because doing anything other than pretending the science is perfect and infallible would undermine the criminal case.
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