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Re:The All-American Delusion of the Polygraph by 542354234235 on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @10:37AM (#40977031)
>Sure, it made sense when we had almost no forensics (and that's the times that shaped our legal systems) but today we do, don't we?

The CSI effect. The amount of forensics that people think will be presented in an average case is so much more than actually are. Finding and collecting usable fingerprints, DNA, shoe imprints, etc. does not happen in every case. Most cases are a lot of circumstantial evidence all pointing to the same person.

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Re:The All-American Delusion of the Polygraph by SAI_Peregrinus on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @12:38PM (#40978079)
Fingerprints, DNA, shoe imprints, & other forensic evidence are circumstantial. Evidence is legally either circumstantial or testimonial, there's no other category. Most cases are a lot of testimonial evidence all pointing to the same person!
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