Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics Garrett Brandon L.
Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics Garrett Brandon L. This book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions. It is shocking how…
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Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics Garrett Brandon L.
This book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions. It is shocking how often they are. "That's not my fingerprint, your honor," said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a "100-percent identification." They were wrong.
In this devastating forensic takedown, noted legal expert Brandon L. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting?
How can experts testify with 100 percent certainty about a fingerprint, when there is no such thing as a 100 percent match? Where is the quality