Junk Science

• Defective or Fraudulent Science

  • Experts reporting inculpatory results from tests not conducted, or concealing exculpatory results
  • Evidence based on debunked theories, such as microscopic hair comparison or bullet-lead matching
  • Faulty DNA matching
  • Overall high error rate in crime labs and medical examiner’s offices—as high as 63%*!
  • *California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice

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