Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics - Brandon L. Garrett

Written by Brandon L. Garrett
Read by Joel Richards
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps

General Information
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Title: Autopsy of a Crime Lab
Subtitle: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics
Author: Brandon L. Garrett
Reader: Joel Richards
Audiobook Copyright: 2021-03-23
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Duration: 8 hrs 43 mins
ISBN: 9781705296516
Subjects: Nonfiction

File Information
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Media Format: AAC
Total Files: 1
Total Size: 485 MB
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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This book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we
rely on for criminal convictions.

“That’s not my fingerprint, your honor,” said the defendant, after FBI
experts reported a “100-percent identification.” They were wrong. It
is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first
book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a
range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms
to forensic algorithms. In this devastating forensic takedown, noted
legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be
asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the
basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting?
How can experts testify with 100 percent certainty about a
fingerprint, when there is no such thing as a 100 percent match? Where
is the quality control in the laboratories and at the crime scenes?
Should we so readily adopt powerful new technologies like facial
recognition software and rapid DNA machines? And why have judges been
so reluctant to consider the weaknesses of so many long-accepted
methods?

Taking us into the lives of the wrongfully convicted or nearly
convicted, into crime labs rocked by scandal, and onto the front lines
of promising reform efforts driven by professionals and researchers
alike, Autopsy of a Crime Lab illustrates the persistence and
perniciousness of shaky science and its well-meaning practitioners.