Analysis of crime-scene blood and bullets can be pivotal in court cases. But how reliable is it?

CBC - Nov 8, 2026

Ballistic and blood spatter analysis are grounded in science. But its practitioners regularly make conclusions in court that are far beyond what their own empirical evidence supports, according to new research — while lawyers and judges don’t challenge those conclusions enough.

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