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Ballistics evidence not reliable nor based on science, Maryland Supreme Court says (www.wusa9.com)
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[–] Drusas@kbin.social 17 points 9 months ago

"There was a study called Ames 2, and what that study found that when they tried to reproduce the opinions of one examiner versus another examiner, they found that over 50% of the time, the second examiner came to a different conclusion on the same evidence than the first examiner," Gilleran explained.

Yeah, that's pretty damning.