A lot of people respond to this as if the fact that it would be nice if forensics worked justifies treating them as if they do. 'What do you want them to do, stop looking for fingerprints and DNA evidence?' Yes! Just like I don't want them to use 'lie detectors' or hire psychics.
Exactly! It’s pure wishful thinking, and in a lot of cases those wishes are (at best) frighteningly amoral in context.
It’s like a hack to get around the whole “reasonable doubt” thing: just sequester all that pesky doubt in a black box so that people can’t see it, and if anyone asks just play dumb.
