Continue Reading Belowīelieve it or not, Scrubs is routinely singled out as one of the best shows at representing nurse-dom on television. Despite that particular lawyer's complaints and MacDonell's own assertions that the practice wasn't entirely accurate, the legal system was hooked. Herbert MacDonell, former community college teacher, glassware chemist, and possible vampire, got a grant from the Department of Justice to study sprayed murder-blood, published a paper, and then started theatrically hawking his findings like-as a lawyer once derisively called him- Mr. In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences-yes, that National Academy of Sciences-published a report explaining that "the uncertainties associated with bloodstain pattern analysis are enormous." Then, to really drive the point home, they said that all that "expert" analysis was "more subjective than scientific." Which, given that the entire practice started in some dude's basement in the 1960s, makes sense. Showtime This guy might not be so trustworthy after all.
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The only problem is that blood spatter analysis is kind of full of crap. The technique has even shown up on shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine as a crucial investigative tool so faultless it's akin to magic. Julie Finlay of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Dexter Morgan of the Dexter books and TV show(s) are both blood spatter analysts, renowned for their ability to look at a Jackson Pollock painting made entirely of bodily fluids and figure out who murdered whom and where and how. Related: 6 Reasons Why The Cops Keep Killing People (Besides Racism) 4 Blood Spatter Analysis Isn’t Reliable
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Join the Cracked Movie ClubĮxpand your movie and TV brain-get the weekly Cracked Movie Club newsletter! SIGN ME UP But watching the hero spend thirteen episodes doing paperwork and making phone calls and then still not getting anywhere would probably be kind of depressing. Meaning that, on average, every other murder goes unsolved, or at least unarrested.
Big cities-like where all those cop shows take place- are closer to 50%. Also? Clearance rates for homicides are, at best, around 70%.
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