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Sonja Farak was a biochemist at the Massachusetts State Crime Laboratory who tested drugs that were used in criminal trials for convictions. This crime lab was a very underfunded and understaffed facility. According to the Netflix documentary How to Fix … Continue reading →

In a podcast the information that is provided usually includes more emotion than on paper. For example in “Anatomy of Doubt”, Marie’s story is told by her. Through her voice and feelings we get a deeper understanding of what Marie … Continue reading →

The war on drugs was tough on people. This so-called war increased the rates of people in prison and specifically it increased the number of black people in prison. Policies on drug usage started getting increasingly harsher. Getting caught with … Continue reading →

How scientific is bloodstain pattern analysis? Certainly if it’s used in criminal trials it has to have a degree of credibility. Bloodstain pattern analysis or BPA is a subjective forensic science. In episode 5 of The Staircase we can see … Continue reading →

Steven Avery was wrongfully convicted for sexual assault in 1985, and served 18-years in prison for this conviction. One of the leading reasons for this wrongful conviction was eyewitness misidentification. Steven Avery had a criminal record and he was disliked … Continue reading →