DNA on chewing gum leads to conviction in 1980 cold case

Wow, this is giving me flashbacks to Patrice O’Neal (RIP):

I do wonder how much worse that’s going to get, given the amount of data we have on laziness, incompetence, and the resulting delays. Too often that leads to over-reliance on a single resource (forensics expert/lab) or tech solutions to do the work. Unfortunately, the ACAB thread is full of examples of how that can cause terrible outcomes for victims of crime as well as those who suffer due to false accusations/arrests/convictions:

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