Henri McPhee
Illuminator
Is he dying, or does he just want released because he is old?![]()
It was false evidence and Dixieland justice. There is a bit about this matter at this website:
"In the US, there have been numerous examples of lab analysts coming under pressure to produce particular results (see “Could the UK learn lessons from across the pond?“). As our survey reveals, UK analysts face similar pressures: 28.6 per cent of respondents told us they sometimes or always feel pressured to produce a particular result, while 75.4 per cent say they have insufficient time to evaluate a case properly (see diagram). The overwhelming majority – 83.6 per cent – of these felt the issue would get worse over the next five years.
“28.6 per cent of forensic scientists feel pressure to produce a particular result”
“Many of us do not have enough time to do our work, but if you combine this with the fact that nearly a third of [forensic scientists] are coming under pressure to produce a particular result, it gets extremely dangerous,” says Itiel Dror, an expert in cognitive bias at University College London. New Scientist recently showed how DNA analysts can reach very different conclusions about the same evidence (11 August 2010, p 8), raising the danger of contextual information about a case colouring judgement."
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/articl...arriages-of-justice-will-occur/#ixzz77JGURSyv