Oregon Appeals Court Says Bullet Cartridge Matching Is Just More Junk Science

Oregon Appeals Court Says Bullet Cartridge Matching Is Just More Junk Science

This isn’t the first state court to reach this conclusion, but so few courts bother to examine the science-y sounding stuff cops trot out as “evidence” that this decision is worth noting. There’s no shortage of junk science that has been (and continues to be) treated as actual science during testimony, ranging from the DNA “gold standard” to seriously weird shit like “I can identify a suspect by the creases in his jeans.” Anyone who’s watched a …