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The Case of Junk Science - Tool Mark Analysis
📻 Episode #163
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Oct 14, 2020
About This Episode
Josh Dubin talks about Tool Mark Analysis with Tim Requarth, a freelance journalist who often writes about the intersection between science and criminal justice and a lecturer in science and writing at New York University.
The Case
Josh Dubin talks about Tool Mark Analysis with Tim Requarth, a freelance journalist who often writes about the intersection between science and criminal justice and a lecturer in science and writing at New York University.
The notion that tools leave a unique mark on a surface is commonly presented to unsuspecting juries. But, it turns out that it's not necessarily the case at all.
“Forensic Science Put Jimmy Genrich in Prison for 24 Years. What if It Wasn’t Science” By Meehan Crist and Tim Requarth https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-crisis-of-american-forensics/
www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/junk-science
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00:04:43“Speaker 1: Prior to the trial, the prosecution discloses the evidence they Speaker 1: intend to use against Jimmy to prove their case, and Speaker 1: it looks pretty bad. You spend countless days pouring over Speaker 1: the main piece of evidence, the conclusion of a tool Speaker 1: mark examiner. The report of this examiner says that the”
00:18:07“Speaker 3: the market. That's not how it works in medicine, but Speaker 3: that is how it works in the law. Speaker 1: So let's get into Jimmy's case. I want you to Speaker 1: tell us about the crime that led to his arrest Speaker 1: and the town that had happened in. Why did they”
00:29:16“Speaker 3: system where that ends justifies the means, right, it's not Speaker 3: going to function fairly. And so we should all be Speaker 3: concerned when somebody is convicted by dubious means, because even Speaker 3: if that person was guilty, somebody else isn't going to Speaker 3: be and they're going to get convicted by those dubious”
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