There have been stories like this before, about various forensic sciences not working. The FBI used to do some kind of bullshit metallurgical analysis of bullets, and I’m sure I’ve seen others and continued to do it after they knew it didn’t work.
But even when it’s not systemic, there are always individuals involved. Those outside canada may not know about Charles Smith, an “expert” in shaken baby syndrome whose testimony was used to convict over 200 people of killing children when the children had almost all died naturally or accidentally.
If you are a prosecutor, you really don’t want me on the jury. I just don’t think it even makes sense to trust what police or experts say more than I trust a coin toss that has a vested interested in coming up heads.
ETA:
Does “over 95 percent” seem like a euphemism for 100%?
