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Why do folks like True Crime stories in all their manifestations? I have been told\nit\u2019s not the gore or even the unravelling of the mystery. In the end, it comes\ndown to one thing: the \u201cperp\u201d getting his or her just desserts and going prison\nor being executed. But what if that resolution relied on JUNK SCIENCE to obtain\nthat outcome. Those of us addicted to Law and Order or CSI love our forensic\nexperts. But what if all, or most, of their work has little or no basis in\nactual verifiable science? Voice prints, bite marks, hair analysis, garbage bag creases, blood spatter, burn\npath, fingerprints, face recognition, ballistics, footprints, handwriting analysis,\nand hypnosis, are just a few. Yes, even fingerprint analysis is far from\nperfect. To explain it all to us is Innocence Project attorney and author M. Chris Fabricant.

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