Radley Balko recently wrote an article on the junk science used to match people to crime scenes and condemn innocents. In the same article, Balko held up DNA evidence as some kind of actual scientific gold standard of evidence. I …
The first day of winter conditioning for the Central Florida football team began with a statement by the strength coach: “Nothing against the returning guys, nothing against that Gasparilla Bowl and beating Florida that’s awesome, but you know what? It’s …
The Innocence Project lists four major categories of false convictions exonerated by DNA: Eyewitness Misidentification (such as from a biased lineup) Misapplication of Forensic Science (such as misstating match probabilities) False Confessions (generally tricked from the young and incompetent) Jailhouse …
Something interesting happened a while back, when a Japanese worker was accidentally exposed to radiation. He did not die immediately. He could still stand and talk and think, his bones were not broken. His basic structure was still intact. But …
It is said man descended from the lungfish, whose enormous genome was necessary to store new traits for mapping and navigating a more complex land environment. But God is neither social nor Earth-bound, and His original plan turned out to …
When Ron DeSantis got elected Governor, he stood behind a billboard which branded him as a candidate: “VETERAN PROSECUTOR LEADER”. This may seem like a small detail, and typical of a US Congressman which DeSantis was. But comparing it to …
A while back, someone posted a video of a judge in Utah, who conspired with the public defender to pretend a defendant didn’t show up to court. The purpose was to revoke his bond, and thereby force him to take …
Some may not even know the name Robert Johnson. He was a rural musician who died at age 27, only a few years after he learned to play guitar. It wasn’t until decades later that someone even found a death …
I watched for several years how criminal prosecutors sadistically use lies to torture people. After observing a series of anecdotal examples of their behaviour, I believe I finally recognized a prevailing psychological pattern. Prosecutors have no moral impulse themselves, and …
Why Prosecutors Lie (analyzing a subset of sociopathic sadists) Read more »
They went to work with unsurpassable efficiency. Full employment, a maximum of resulting output, and general well-being ought to have been the consequence. It is true that instead we find misery, shame, and at the end of it all, a …
A Quick History of Police Misconduct (revisited for Jason L. Riley) Read more »