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eppur_se_muova

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1. The new phrenology ? More seriously, how many are reminded of the "expert witness", "Doctor Death" ...

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:45 PM

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... associated with the "Thin Blue Line" case, whose testimony helped bring death sentences for over 100 people? Self-appointed "experts" have a way of conning prosecutors into accepting their opinions because the prosecutors are so anxious to get any kind of evidence when they "know" the accused is guilty ...

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A scientist says he can scan prisoners' brains for signs of evil. Did his disputed science put a man on death row? [View all] erronis Tuesday OP

The new phrenology ? More seriously, how many are reminded of the "expert witness", "Doctor Death" ... eppur_se_muova Tuesday #1

Man sounds like a real peach. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #2

Is HE a psychopath? Mad_Machine76 Tuesday #4

We're probably at least 50 years Matthew28 Tuesday #3

Next Mad_Machine76 Tuesday #5

yeah no fuck this guy ETA: The headline really undersells just what an absolute grasping quack fraud this guy is, WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #6

Sounds about as crackpot as lie detectors, blood spatter, bite and fiber "analysis". nt Disaffected Tuesday #7