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I've
recently had a voracious appetite for crime story television. In
these matters I simply indulge myself without trying to analyze
why. Yesterday, however, while watching the law nail
the identity of a serial killer, I felt a gusher of Seratonin hit my
brain. I was instantly filled with a sense of well being A
satisfying sense of order enveloped me. Why? Self analysis was
easy.
I feel we're living in lawless times. Following the political
scene as I do, I've become pretty hollow and emotionless much of the
time. Crime upon crime stack-up with no appropriate
response. The government is corrupt; the media are corrupt;
the courts are corrupt. Here then are examples of things working
the way they ought to. People run, and are caught. People
lie, and have those lies meticulously exposed. People murder, and are
executed. Order is restored. Good is still
possible. What a rush.
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I'm going to feel awful after posting this (I'm honestly not trying to kill your buzz) but Radley Balko of Reason.com has done some pretty stellar investigation into forensic science. The conclusion: a lot of it ain't necessarily science.
ReplyDeleteHis reporting on "Dr." Stephen Hayne of Mississippi should do well enough to make your blood boil. But this story, about one of Hayne's compadres Dr. Michael West, will have you reaching for your hangin' rope: http://preview.tinyurl.com/arsfo4
?? WTF do I care? Bad gets caught. Bad gets punished. Besides, I've pretty much stopped listening to "experts" on most anything.
ReplyDelete?? WTF do I care? Bad gets caught. Bad gets punished.
ReplyDeleteWell, your blog and all... but isn't it kinda the point that the actually bad get caught and punished? Far be it from me to suggest that a prosecutor (whose success is determined by number of prosecutions) working hand-in-hand with law enforcement (who create forensic tests designed to support the charges they seek) might, perhaps, maybe tend to twist things in their favor.
Like I said, your blog. But my mistrust of Big Gov doesn't subside just because its representative wears a badge.
Bad gets caught? Bad get punished?
ReplyDeleteYeah, and Unicorns eat oil slicks and piss gasoline.
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