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Forensics Shapes High-Stakes Trials
- Pattern-matching evidence gets used mostly at trial when defendants plead not guilty, magnifying its stakes.
- Its presence often correlates with cases where the defense contests guilt, raising risk of wrongful convictions.
Cadaver Dog Handler Who Planted Evidence
- Josie retells cadaver dog handler Sandra Anderson who planted bone fragments and fooled her dog to "find" evidence.
- Handlers sometimes shaped alerts and planted evidence, undermining scent-lineup reliability.
Breathalyzers Are Less Precise Than Claimed
- Breathalyzers are marketed as precise but often produce large errors and user-dependent variance.
- Courts treat their numeric readouts as scientific fact despite frequent systemic and operator errors.