Human error in forensic science has cost innocent people their freedom and allowed guilty ones to walk free. From fingerprint mix-ups to contaminated DNA samples, failures by CSI personnel have repeatedly led to evidence being declared inadmissible in court sometimes with devastating consequences for justice. When Science Gets It Wrong Forensic science is often presented as an almost infallible tool of justice. Courtrooms treat DNA results, fingerprint matches, and crime scene reports as hard truth. Juries trust them. Prosecutors build their entire cases around them. But the reality is more…
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