Forensic science: The danger of relying on a single piece of evidence
Forensic science: The danger of relying on a single piece of evidence 14 Dec 2020 Searching for clues: A forensic expert looks for human remains in a pit in Serbia that is believed to contain the bodies of ethnic Albanians killed during the 1998-99 war. (Photo by Sasa Djordjevic/AFP) At the core of the criminal justice system lies a big responsibility: suitably punishing perpetrators of crimes and exonerating the innocent. Although this sounds like a straightforward undertaking, misleading forensic evidence has proven to be one of the biggest systematic defects — one that has cost many inno...
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