How to Solve a Murder (Pt 3)

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Science, Natural Sciences, Design, Arts, History

4.7 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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