A tale of three trials: from science to junk science

Bryan R. Burnett

doi:10.1117/12.2065556

16 September 2014 A tale of three trials: from science to junk science

Bryan R. Burnett

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Proceedings Volume 9236, Scanning Microscopies 2014; 923619 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065556
Event: SPIE Scanning Microscopies, 2014, Monterey, California, United States

Abstract

The defendant had three trials. The first and second ended in mistrial; the third he was convicted. Examination of the gunshot residue evidence presented in the first and third trials starkly define an extraordinary difference: science versus junk science. The defendant was convicted on the junk science.

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Bryan R. Burnett "A tale of three trials: from science to junk science", Proc. SPIE 9236, Scanning Microscopies 2014, 923619 (16 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065556

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