JUburton wrote:speak of the devil

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... dence.html

but he had never stepped foot inside a prison

JUburton wrote:don't read this series if you think there is any justice in this world for some reason

JUburton wrote:as a man of science(tm) i cannot believe the amount of bullshit allowed to pass as fact or near it in a court of law. it is astounding.

slugsrbad wrote:

JUburton wrote:as a man of science(tm) i cannot believe the amount of bullshit allowed to pass as fact or near it in a court of law. it is astounding.

The case was heard in 1986 and reheard in 88 if I'm correct. In 1993 the Supreme Court heard the case of Daubert v. Merell Dow Pharmaceuticals which put more standards on scientific export testimony. Coupled with the rise of the Innocence Project and better DNA testing a lot of questionable practices are being dragged into the light (as was pointed out in the article's second part).

JUburton wrote:as a man of science(tm) i cannot believe the amount of #$!&@ allowed to pass as fact or near it in a court of law. it is astounding.

Bucky wrote:

JUburton wrote:as a man of science(tm) i cannot believe the amount of #$!&@ allowed to pass as fact or near it in a court of law. it is astounding.

I know right. Although only still allowed in court in a handful of states, a chester county detective i know recently attended a week-long polygraph training seminar. And PA is not one of those states.

I would never, ever submit to a polygraph test, even if they're trying to convict me of killing JFK.

JUburton wrote:https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html

This lady crazy but goddamn. Respect the hustle.

She was the “McQueen” of McDonald’s, said Joe Maggard, a disgraced Ronald McDonald actor who was convicted of making harassing phone calls while posing as the clown.

An influential state commission said the blood-spatter analysis used to convict a former Texas high school principal of murdering his wife in 1985 was “not accurate or scientifically supported” and the expert who testified was “entirely wrong.”

The findings of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, a national leader in forensic science reform, called into question the conviction of Joe Bryan, who has now spent more than 30 years in prison.

Mr. Bryan was the subject of a two-part investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine in May that questioned the accuracy of the bloodstain pattern analysis used to convict Mr. Bryan, as well as the training of the experts who testify in such cases.

The findings, which were released during a commission meeting Friday, give fresh urgency to the pleas of Mr. Bryan, now 77 and in poor health, for a new trial.

ReadingPhilly wrote:might have been a piece on this before, but here's a new one on it.

the guy tasked with delivering the winning mcdonald's monopoly pieces stole them and handed them out for years