Forensic science

The Chicago Tribune is running a series this week on forensic "science," with some excellent analyses of what amounts to yet more pseudo-science used to send people to jail. You can find the first three installments:

The introduction:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-0410170393oct17,1,5880839.story?coll=chi-newsspecials-hed

On arson investigations:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-0410180222oct18,1,2472960.story?coll=chi-newsspecials-hed

On identifying bite marks:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-0410190150oct19,1,3259394.story?coll=chi-news-hed