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Nov 2021
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Ep 8 of 10: Holes in the Case (Part 2)

AUDIOCHUCK | WESTERN SOUND
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It’s courtroom 101: the prosecution’s trying to make a case, the defense is trying to get their client off, and it’s the jury’s job to figure out the truth. But how much of the science that’s presented at court is actually scientific? Ben and Sharon look closely at specific pieces of evidence presented at trial and find out that some of the bedrock assumptions about evidence and crimes… could be wrong. 

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