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Faulty Forensics and Wrongful Convictions

Loaded on March 15, 2021 by Matthew Clarke published in Criminal Legal News April, 2021, page 1
Filed under: junk science, Wrongful Conviction, DNA Evidence/Testing. Location: United States of America.

by Matt Clarke

Faulty forensics play a major role in causing known wrongful convictions in the United States. Just how big of a role the application of science to justice plays in sending the innocent to prison depends upon your definition of “wrongful convictions.”

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