How the FBI Crime Lab Promotes and Defends Junk Science
February 24, 2022
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February 24, 2022
How the FBI Crime Lab Promotes and Defends Junk Science
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The FBI's crime lab is considered one of the very best, but the agency also has a long record of scientific errors that have contributed to false convictions. Radley Balko details the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbi-keeps-pushing-junk-science-to-win-convictions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">latest scandal</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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