Bad Justice, it's everywhere, it's everywhere

[glatt]

That's so fucked up. How do you fix it? If you release them all, you know a large percentage of them are bad guys who will harm society. But with that many cases, it would take years to re-try all of them.

Maybe you make all of them eligible for parole today and let the parole boards decide who is safe to set free.

[tw]

Originally Posted by glatt

That's so fucked up. How do you fix it?

Fix what? The symptoms? That is easy. Every case must be reviewed. No way around that.

Problem is not yet discussed. 85% of all problems are directly traceable to top management. Those are where prison sentences are required. That is why these symptoms exist. Always go after the source and reason for symptoms. Never just cure symptoms.

[Lamplighter]

Now that these 2 technicians have been found legally guilty,
I would think any innocent inmates would be justified in filing
$$$$ lawsuits against the State and also the specific lab technicians.

I remember there was a big stink in the FBI lab about an "expert witness" who
was doing much the same thing of (falsifying) identification of patterns of tooth bite marks.
Likewise, FBI and Police lab technicians' testimony on identification
of hair and fiber analyses are very likely inaccurate and/or false.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Likewise, FBI and Police lab technicians' testimony on identification
of hair and fiber analyses are very likely inaccurate and/or false.

I read an article earlier this year about that very thing. The FBI agent/analyst/lab tech/whatever confessed to basically lying and making up facts in an unbelievable number of cases involving hair samples.

It's been so long, I'm not even gonna try to find the article. It's probably Googleable.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

FBI and Police lab technicians' testimony on identification of hair and fiber analyses are very likely inaccurate and/or false.

very likely? How about potentially or possible or sometimes/occasionally.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by classicman

very likely? How about potentially or possible or sometimes/occasionally.

Haven't read Lamp's link, but the report I heard basically said the whole science of it was deeply flawed. They were offering as concrete evidence something that is shaky at best even as an indicator.