Wrongful Conviction

#147 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Bloodstain Pattern Evidence

Josh Dubin, civil rights and criminal defense attorney, and Innocence Ambassador to the Innocence Project in New York explores bloodstain pattern evidence with Pamela Colloff, senior reporter at ProPublica and staff writer at The New York Times Magazine.
Bloodstain pattern experts falsely claim that they can identify the culprit of violent crimes. But, bloodstain pattern evidence has no grounding in any verifiable science. So how did this kind of junk science become admissible?
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Pamela Coloff’s two part story on the Joe Bryan case Blood Will Tell - ProPublica
Part 1 <a href="https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter/mickey-bryan-murder-blood-spatter-forensic-evidence/">https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter/mickey-bryan-murder-blood-spatter-forensic-evidence/</a>
Part 2 <a href="https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter/joe-bryan-conviction-blood-spatter-forensic-evidence/">https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter/joe-bryan-conviction-blood-spatter-forensic-evidence/</a>
National Academy of Sciences: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward <a href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228091.pdf">https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228091.pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/junk-science">https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/junk-science</a>
Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1.

Hosted by celebrated criminal justice reform advocate and founding board member of the Innocence Project Jason Flom, Wrongful Conviction features intimate conversations with men and women who have spent years in prison for crimes they maintain they did not commit. Some have been fully exonerated and reunited with family and friends while others continue to languish, with some even facing execution on death row.

Each episode peels back the layers behind the stories of those who have found themselves caught in a legal system gone wrong, with illuminating insights  from lawyers and leading experts sharing their in-depth knowledge about each case, from prison visits and courtroom battles to reexamined crime scenes and witness interviews . This gripping series reveals the tragedy of injustice…as well as the triumph that is possible when people step up and demand change.