Comments on: The FBI and the Bullets of Injustice http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/ street news, views and stories of justice and injustice Tue, 22 May 2012 15:13:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Weekend Short Takes: The Cost of Serving Justice? http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/comment-page-1/#comment-5714 WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Weekend Short Takes: The Cost of Serving Justice? Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:13:09 +0000 http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/#comment-5714 [...] story is a interesting offshoot of the 60 Minutes bullet lead analysis story I posted about [...] [...] story is a interesting offshoot of the 60 Minutes bullet lead analysis story I posted about [...]

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/comment-page-1/#comment-5606 Woody Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:47:09 +0000 http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/#comment-5606 If there is lead in our bullets, are they manufactured as children's toys in China? If there is lead in our bullets, are they manufactured as children’s toys in China?

]]> By: L.A. Resident http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/comment-page-1/#comment-5599 L.A. Resident Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:41:06 +0000 http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/#comment-5599 I thought that recovered bullet fragments and subsequent lead bullet lead compositional tests were only used as circumstantial evidence, not hard evidence in criminal cases. This would be analogous to fiber testing, where you can tell if a fiber came from a manufacturing “run/lot” of carpets but not a specific carpet. Also the FBI press releases and the CBS news story, differ on how this evidence was used in court cases and the number of times it was actually used. There is a big difference in determining if a bullet came from a specific box of bullets or a specific manufacturing plant or manufacturing “lot” of bullets. http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel04/bullet021004.htm http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/bullet_lead_analysis.htm I thought that recovered bullet fragments and subsequent lead bullet lead compositional tests were only used as circumstantial evidence, not hard evidence in criminal cases. This would be analogous to fiber testing, where you can tell if a fiber came from a manufacturing “run/lot” of carpets but not a specific carpet. Also the FBI press releases and the CBS news story, differ on how this evidence was used in court cases and the number of times it was actually used.

There is a big difference in determining if a bullet came from a specific box of bullets or a specific manufacturing plant or manufacturing “lot” of bullets.

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel04/bullet021004.htm

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/bullet_lead_analysis.htm

]]> By: richard locicero http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/comment-page-1/#comment-5590 richard locicero Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:33:54 +0000 http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/#comment-5590 The analysis of the bullets at Dealy Plaza was done at UCI using a technique called "Neutron Activation Analysis" Samples were irradiated in the research reactor and then examined for the signature radiation given off. Its quite accurate. BTW the same method was used on locks of Napolean's hair and proved that he was not poisoned by arsenic as some historians claimed. The analysis of the bullets at Dealy Plaza was done at UCI using a technique called “Neutron Activation Analysis” Samples were irradiated in the research reactor and then examined for the signature radiation given off. Its quite accurate. BTW the same method was used on locks of Napolean’s hair and proved that he was not poisoned by arsenic as some historians claimed.

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 Woody Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:49:42 +0000 http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2007/admin/the-fbi-and-the-bullets-of-injustice/#comment-5588 So, there was a <i>consensus</i> that the <i>science</i> was correct but now we're finding the <i>government</i> was wrong to push that idea because we later found that it was wrong and that the <i>science is faulty</i> and has created significant and <i>unnecessary costs</i> to many people. Why does this sound familiar? So, there was a consensus that the science was correct but now we’re finding the government was wrong to push that idea because we later found that it was wrong and that the science is faulty and has created significant and unnecessary costs to many people.

Why does this sound familiar?

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