PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: James Mckeen Cattell, Forensic Dentistry, Whitechapel Murders
3 Nov 2020
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Case study: mississippi death row case faults bite-mark forensics. Once again looking at expert judgment to see if bite marks matches to determine the killer (judgment call) News article: fix the flaws in forensic science (ny times, april 21, 2015) Hair analysis particularly tricky: very difficult to match a hair to the individual from whose hair it may come. Santae tribble: 32 years in prison & innocent (the tribble case) Jury was sure because experts testified that hair on body of victim came from st. St convicted of murder and sentenced to 20 years of prison. Analysis years later, it was determined the hair was not st"s. Over 95% of the cases involving hair evidence that the fbi has reviewed continaed flawed testimony. The national institute of standards and technology. Toolmark also requires an expert judgment (has an error rate) This institute regularly establishes reports looking at the reliability of forensic physical evidence.
