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Re:Bad Science and Bad Statistics in the Courtroom Convict I... by WalterBright on Monday December 11, 2023 @02:39PM (#38604437)
Everyone acted in good faith - the lawyers, the judge, the jury, the victim. The problem is a system that believes eyewitness testimony is slam dunk evidence.
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Re:Bad Science and Bad Statistics in the Courtroom Convict I... by graphe on Monday December 11, 2023 @02:44PM (#38604498)
From your other comment it seems like this is a relic before dna testing. I’ve heard there are many samples of dna that have yet to be processed. Hopefully the circumstances don’t occur again.
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