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Matthew28

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3. We're probably at least 50 years

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:48 PM

Yesterday

before we'll even have the proof that this has the accuracy to even start to use it in such cases. Maybe we should consider rather it is trustworthy and rather it is ready for such before throwing people in prison because of it?

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A scientist says he can scan prisoners' brains for signs of evil. Did his disputed science put a man on death row? [View all] erronis Yesterday OP

The new phrenology ? More seriously, how many are reminded of the "expert witness", "Doctor Death" ... eppur_se_muova Yesterday #1

Man sounds like a real peach. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #2

Is HE a psychopath? Mad_Machine76 Yesterday #4

We're probably at least 50 years Matthew28 Yesterday #3

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yeah no fuck this guy ETA: The headline really undersells just what an absolute grasping quack fraud this guy is, WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #6

Sounds about as crackpot as lie detectors, blood spatter, bite and fiber "analysis". nt Disaffected Yesterday #7