The Illusion of Objectivity, Bias in the DNA Lab-2024 Year in Review
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's a busy holiday week, and during this week, we are bringing you a look back at some of the most compelling stories and conversations we've covered for you in 2024. |
| 0:11.9 | It's 24 in review. |
| 0:13.9 | This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tommy Bruske, featuring special guest and forensic scientist, Dan Crane. |
| 0:20.6 | Let me ask you this. When they're in the lab and they have this. featuring special guest and forensic scientist, Dan Crane. |
| 0:21.8 | Let me ask you this. |
| 0:33.2 | When they're in the lab and they have the DNA that they're testing, are they aware of whose DNA this is, of what case this is? |
| 0:39.4 | Where I guess a bias could come into play where one could be watching the news. |
| 0:44.8 | One could maybe even have some sort of personal connection at times to a case and you'd want to manipulate it some way. |
| 0:46.0 | You're just human selfishness, if you will. |
| 0:48.7 | Or is this information? |
| 0:52.7 | Is it just numbers basically coming in this is case x4 or five whatever |
| 0:56.9 | you don't really have any idea what the hell you're doing or who you're doing it for but you're |
| 1:01.5 | doing it or do they have that knowledge uh well you suggest that there might be personal |
| 1:07.8 | connections those would be extremely rare. Sure. |
| 1:11.4 | Where, you know, that I would just take that off the table to begin with. |
| 1:16.0 | But it is extremely common for analysts, particularly technical leaders, but any analyst, |
| 1:25.9 | to be privy to lots of what we in the business refer to |
| 1:32.0 | domain irrelevant information. So information associated with an investigation that they really just |
| 1:40.5 | don't need to know to be able to generate a DNA profile. |
| 1:45.8 | Things like, hey, the victim was afraid of this suspect. |
| 1:50.6 | You don't need to know that. |
| 1:52.0 | Or the suspect is a grip or a blood. |
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