How to Solve a Murder (Pt 3)
We no longer make people walk hot coals, or swim witches, or touch dead bodies. But everything we know about solving crime is still wrong.The National Registry of Exonerations2009 NAS ReportThe Innocence ProjectThe Story of Gary DotsonLeora Smith's exc...
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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We no longer make people walk hot coals, or swim witches, or touch dead bodies. But everything we know about solving crime is still wrong.The National Registry of Exonerations (https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/about.aspx)2009 NAS Report (https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228091.pdf)The Innocence Project (https://innocenceproject.org/)The Story of Gary Dotson (https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/il/gary-dotson.html)Leora Smith's excellent reporting on Herbert MacDonell and blood spatter (https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter-analysis/herbert-macdonell-forensic-evidence-judges-and-courts/)Trial by Fire, David Grann for The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/07/trial-by-fire)The Story of Cameron Todd Willingham via The Chicago Tribune (https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/chi-0412090169dec09-story.html)Radley Balko at The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/radley-balko/)Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant (http://betterhelp.com/theconstant)Visit our Patreon here (https://patreon.com/theconstant).BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts/the-constant-podcast)Music by:Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/)Lee RosevereKevin MacLeodBen Sound Voice Talent from:Heather ChrislerCarlo GarciaSteve Peebles
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