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Re:A man spent a year in jail on murder charge that hinged o... by emodendroket on Sunday August 22, 2021 @01:00PM (#28267201)
It may very well be the case that a version of fire analysis that is scientifically rigorous can be done, but this would have nothing to do with how it is typically practiced.
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Re:A man spent a year in jail on murder charge that hinged o... by colejohnson66 on Sunday August 22, 2021 @01:23PM (#28267482)
Which is what @giantg2 said:

> The science is generally sound (procedures and theory). Usually it's the prosecutors that present the forensics in a way that misrepresents what the results actually mean.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28265884

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Re:A man spent a year in jail on murder charge that hinged o... by emodendroket on Sunday August 22, 2021 @03:51PM (#28268910)
That’s not the same claim. The practitioners who come up with the results are not operating in a scientifically sound or rigorous way. One documentary I watched about a wrongful murder conviction (a man was found to have burned down his house to kill his entire family) had a discussion of how the fire investigators would talk about “feeling the beast” and other nonsense. It is very flattering to describe this as in any way “evidence-based.”
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