Forensic Science: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Being falsely convicted has to be one of the most terrifying things that could happen to you.

10:48 should’ve called it who’s blood is it anyway

Not gonna lie, "Crime Scene Idiot" seems like an entertaining show. I would totally watch that.

8:34 as an engineer in training, I can attest to this. 30% of my training has been “other people don’t speak physics, you pretentious nerd, so make sure you science responsibly”

My uncle who just passed away... admitted to a murder wile he was drunk ... I told my aunt an no one believed me... called the police an described what he told me the name of the park an year that it happened... called me back and said they already had prosecuted somebody for that murder and he receive the death penalty... sickened by this I looked it up and found out he was claiming his innocence till The day the state executed him... The police didn't want anything to do with this story... so if you're ever on a jury think long and hard about the evidence you're being shown....

Everybody is talking about Crime Scene Idiot, but I really wanna see Monkey Law And Monkey Order!

The fact that man is still able to laugh and have an effective sense of humor after being wrongfully convicted and "serving" almost 30 years in prison is incredible. Massive respect for that.

I couldn’t imagine being wrongly convicted and sentenced to death while the real murderer was walking around free.

"How could a dog fire a gun?" Weeeell, from what I heard, the US tend to have one case a year where a dog accidentally triggers a gun and shoot someone - usually his owner. I guess the only thing who can stop a bad dog with a gun is a good dog with a gun?

Air Bud 9: F**k the Police, a seriously underrated movie. A public release is needed.

"That's a bad dog right there, and he's gunna face some ruff justice."

The Innocence Project is a great organization and one we can all support.

Man, literally the first thing we were told in our Forensic Biology course this year was "Never say match". Always rule things out, never rule things in, and DEFINITELY never rule things in exclusively and definitively.

It should be noted, that the documentary didn't claim that two people could have fingerprints so similar that they cannot be distinguished by an expert, but rather, two people can have fingerprints so similar that they can both match a latent print. This is a very different claim, since latent prints are often not complete, and only are lifted as partial prints.

This CSI: Crime Scene Idiot seems like a fantastic show. Let's make this happen

It only took him 4.5 literal years but he finally managed to land that Last Week Tonight content focusing on what he clearly cares the most about, Air Bud.

There should be a movie about a lawyer trying to save his innocent client from an a jury that watched too many detective shows. they could call it the CSI effect. starring Idris Elbe as the lawyer.

I was on a jury trial last month and the prosecutor asked one of the witnesses from the crime lab if the evidence proved beyond a reasonable doubt if it was the defendant and they said they didn't like to use that terminology because it was unscientific and misleading.

"Reasonable Degree of Scientific Certainty" is a legal term, not a scientific one. Basically, it means "do you, as a scientist, feel comfortable making this statement?". But regardless, crime shows definitely over simplify/mystify the actual analysis, simply because the actual process (UV Vis, spectroscopy) is too long or boring.

Can I say John Oliver is the only person who can inform me on horrible topics but still cause me to laugh.