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Re:Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis by vkou on Thursday October 20, 2022 @06:20PM (#33281556)
I don't see why judges can't allow bunk testimony, the problem is that juries have been watching way too much CSI:Miami and don't believe any arguments brought up by the defense that forensic 'experts' are reading chicken entrails.
Re:Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis by MereInterest on Thursday October 20, 2022 @06:59PM (#33281929)
For the same reason that a defendant may not be presented to the jury in handcuffs or in a prison uniform. Because we humans are not able to return to a blank slate, free from biases imparted by information later learned to be false. For methods that are known to be useless, the jury shouldn't be asked to perform the impossible.