Bite mark analysis has no basis in science, experts now say. Why is it still being used in court? - eviltoast
"It's garbage," said Keith Harward, who spent 33 years in prison for rape and murder based on bite mark evidence before DNA exonerated him.
  • Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    What’s even worse is that there is evidence that people trained to be eye witnesses, like police, actually perform worse than the general population because they over estimate the reliability of their memory due to said training.