Ken Cohrn

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  Ken commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  The Perils of Junk Science

  Your article, regarding the cases sited, appears accurate. However, the overall tone as I read it, is that most, if not all forensic science, is junk science! As you know, that is simply not true. Room for improvement- absolutely. I am a boarded forensic odontologist. I am also appalled at the likes of West and a few others in the field.The "scientist" is at fault, not the science. Most of what we do in bitemark evaluation has evidentiary value. The good far outways the quakery of the few. Frankly, I appreciate the value of the NAS study and the scrutiny on all the forensic disciplines. We will become better scientists because of it as long as others don't condemn the entire process and those who strive to be consciencious.
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