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The Case of Junk Science - Gunshot Residue Evidence
📻 Episode #161
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Oct 07, 2020
About This Episode
Josh Dubin explores Gunshot Residue Evidence with Joanna Sanchez from the Wrongful Conviction Project at the Office of the Ohio Public Defender.
The Case
Josh Dubin explores Gunshot Residue Evidence with Joanna Sanchez from the Wrongful Conviction Project at the Office of the Ohio Public Defender.
Of all the many faulty forensic sciences, Gunshot Residue certainly has some truly startling and scary issues that began almost a century ago.
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00:03:45“Speaker 1: if he's okay. Out of the corner of your eye, Speaker 1: you see some people walking towards you and it's four Speaker 1: police officers. At first you freeze, overcome with fear, and Speaker 1: then you take off. He took Alan for no reason. Speaker 1: What's going to stop them from grabbing you and doing”
00:16:37“Speaker 2: police about this encounter with the victim, and the police Speaker 2: asked him if he was willing to come down to Speaker 2: the police station to give a statement. So he voluntarily Speaker 2: went to the police station and also voluntarily submitted to Speaker 2: a gunshot residue test. And the result of that gunshot”
00:27:33“Speaker 2: isn't reliable enough and shouldn't be presented at all all. Speaker 1: Right, So that certainly addresses what people involved in the Speaker 1: justice system can do, But what can every day people do. Speaker 1: We have a lot of our listeners asking us, you know,”
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