Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics

by Brandon L. Garrett

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520379330
• ISBN13: 9780520379336
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"