Snowing them with science
Matthew X
profrv at nex.net.au
Wed May 12 03:30:12 PDT 1999
Just read an exchange on scent packets as possible evidence on
hatfield.There are at least 2 cases led by scientific experts that led to
wrong guilty verdicts in au.
1 was a case where flakes of paint obtained at a suspects house led to his
conviction for murder.It was suggested at the trial a high force hurricane
would be required to move the flakes into the suspects house.Turned out all
the houses in the district had the same air borne flakes.Convicted killer
was released.
The other case was Azaria Chamberlin's.Scientific evidence was later found
to be mistaken and she was released.These are just 2 cases that I know of
offhand in au.
http://cryptome.org/hatfill-scent.htm
The care and handling of scientific evidence is another contentious
subject,it has also led to possible wrong verdicts,such as OJ's.To be on
the safe side though, it may be wise to scrub up well,use 2 sets of gloves
with lots of cayenne pepper and take lots of showers when sending anthrax
letters.Also don't provide so much fucking text you drongo.
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