On: Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit

[lwigo]

When the officer shows up and swears under oath that he "calibrated it that morning" it's not so easy. :shrug:

[OnACoffeeBreak → lwigo]

Logs of calibration procedures along with calibration results should be stored on the device and auditable along with test results.

[jdironman → lwigo]

Temps vary throughout the day.

[lwigo → jdironman]

A rural small town judge probably doesn't have the best insight into that, just that Corporal Bubba said he calibrated it so it must've been right.

I know, this is exceedingly cynical.

[klyrs → lwigo]

Your "Corporal Bubba" isn't just cynical, it leans heavily upon a harmful stereotype that folks in small towns are uneducated simpletons. Stop the polarization, please

[owl57 → klyrs]

Why wouldn't they be? I went to university with people from all over Russia. They don't tend to return to their home towns after getting educated. Does this work differently in America?

[zymhan → owl57]

> Does this work differently in America?

No, not really.

[edbob → owl57]

Not all poor people are stupid.

[edbob → owl57]

Is hatefulness an end in itself for you?

[owl57 → edbob]

Maybe. Thanks, I could probably use some self-reflection.

(The anti-stress effect of covid vaccination seems to be much more immediate than I expected. This is the second time today I find myself saying things highly unusual for people on the Internet in general and my yesterday's self in particular, and the first time was literally a couple of minutes after the procedure.)

[edbob → owl57]

I'm glad that you're feeling better :)

[zymhan → klyrs]

I'd love it if more cops had college degrees in the US, but they don't. Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away.

[hluska → klyrs]

Sadly, when you consider the available evidence, Corporal Bubba isn’t too far from the truth. I say that as someone whose Dad is a retired police officer and who spent most of his youth in a very small town with sub-1200 people.

[michaelmrose → klyrs]

Rural areas are subject to brain drain where the best and the brightest disproportionately leave for more urban settings where more money is available to be earned. Living in a rural setting is something one chooses not an immutable fact like skin color and by and large the harmful stereotype is spot on.