174
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] cynar@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

The big problem is that bullets are soft. When they hit anything solid (like bone) they deform. Bullet matching is fine when the bullet is undamaged, but that generally isn't the case, unless it missed and hit something soft and non-ablatative.

Trying to match damaged bullets is very unreliable.

[-] deadbeef79000 3 points 2 hours ago

Gasp! American cop apologia media had been lying to me?

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Apparently CSI had lawyers on both sides cursing it 20+ years ago (when I did a uni module on forensics). Juries expected concise, absolute results. Instead they get probabilities, maybes, and shades of grey.

I dread to think what it is like now.

this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2026
174 points (97.8% liked)

Greentext

8978 readers
1628 users here now

This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS