Autopsy of a Crime Lab

Exposing the Flaws in Forensics

De: Brandon L. Garrett

Narrado por: Joel Richards

This book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions.

"That's not my fingerprint, your honor", said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a "100-percent identification". They were wrong. It is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. In this devastating forensic takedown, noted legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting? How can experts testify with 100 percent certainty about a fingerprint, when there is no such thing as a 100 percent match? Where is the quality control in the laboratories and at the crime scenes? Should we so readily adopt powerful new technologies like facial recognition software and rapid DNA machines? And why have judges been so reluctant to consider the weaknesses of so many long-accepted methods?

Taking us into the lives of the wrongfully convicted or nearly convicted, into crime labs rocked by scandal, and onto the front lines of promising reform efforts driven by professionals and researchers alike, Autopsy of a Crime Lab illustrates the persistence and perniciousness of shaky science and its well-meaning practitioners.

©2021 Brandon L. Garrett (P)2021 Tantor

I will be picking up a hard copy.

The information and research in this book is fabulous!
I will be purchasing, or getting from the library, a hard copy of this book.
I just can not focus while listening as the narrator is SO BORING!

Astonishing, and frightening, excellent

I will get a kindle copy. There’s too much in here, and I like to highlight important items so I can return to them. This is a frightening and revelatory book. It led me to view videos from university law schools. The contents of this book are beyond dispute.