#398 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Fingerprint Evidence
Contrary to what pop culture has ingrained in the American conscience, matching known fingerprints of a suspect to prints left at the scene of a crime is not an exact science. It’s entirely subjective...
16 Okt 202335min
#397 Guest Host Kemba Smith with Leon Benson
On August 8th, 1998, 25-year-old Kasey Schoen was shot and killed while sitting in his car in Indianapolis, IN. A few days later, a man approached officers and told them that he saw 22-year-old Leon B...
12 Okt 202344min
#396 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Footwear Comparison Evidence
Even when done correctly, impression analysis of evidence, like shoe prints and tire tracks, is purely subjective. Many experts recognize its limitations. But one so-called “expert” in particular push...
9 Okt 202338min
#395 Jason Flom with Sullivan Walter
On the night of May 10, 1985, a 35-year-old woman was attacked and sexually assaulted in her home in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans, LA. The victim worked with police to create a composite s...
5 Okt 202337min
#394 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Hair Microscopy Evidence
Even when examined under a microscope, the similarities that can be observed between two hairs are open to wide interpretation, there are no definitive traits that can prove with any scientific certai...
2 Okt 202336min
#393 Guest Host Tiffany Reese with Patrick Brown
On February 21, 1994, in New Orleans, LA, a 6-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after complaining of pain and unusual vaginal discharge. The doctors concluded that the young girl had been raped ...
28 Sep 202338min
#392 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Arson Evidence
Built on a foundation of conjecture and best guesses that were never adequately tested according to any valid scientific principles, arson evidence experts have been telling juries for decades that on...
25 Sep 202337min
#391 Jason Flom with George Toca
On April 23, 1984 a couple was robbed at gunpoint by two perpetrators outside a convenience store in New Orleans, LA. The couple fought back, which resulted in one of the robbers – Eric Batiste – bein...
21 Sep 202337min
