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Thread: A wake-up call on the junk science infesting our courtrooms - The Washington Post
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  1. 09-23-2016 07:44 AM TopTop #1
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    A wake-up call on the junk science infesting our courtrooms - The Washington Post


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    President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

    A non-partisan scientific commissions findings

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    Re: A wake-up call on the junk science infesting our courtrooms - The Washington Post

    An enlightening excerpt from the September 2016 Report to the President on Forensic Science in Criminal Courts regarding microscopic hair analysis: "...FBI examiners had provided scientifically invalid testimony in more than 95 percent of cases where examiner-provided testimony was used to inculpate a defendant at trial."
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