Not gonna lie, "Crime Scene Idiot" seems like an entertaining show. I would totally watch that.
@storywala884 жыл бұрын
Now that you say it, it should totally be a Comedy Central show or a Saturday Night Live Sketch.
@sighduck97894 жыл бұрын
Alternate title for Psych
@SurferMan1274 жыл бұрын
Dude, you can. Just watch an episode of CSI and pause it to laugh whenever bullshit like this is used to move the story forward.
@escutus4 жыл бұрын
Hope.
@Rikorage4 жыл бұрын
Doesn't sound any dumber than all the dumb sh*t these kinds of shows already get away with.
@Greenstarfanatic7 жыл бұрын
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.
@megangrainger44076 жыл бұрын
Greenstarfanatic as a fellow forensic biologist, we were literally told the same thing (British forensics) you always look for indications where they don’t match, to rule out not in. Exclusion, not inclusion of evidence.
@Martial-Mat6 жыл бұрын
@joshtube9 LOL!
@Chuckmo3D5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but were you told to put your sunglasses on or take them off before dropping your one-liner? That's the important question.
@mademoisellelagushka46935 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@marbleswan66645 жыл бұрын
Not even the dog is definitely innocent?
@michaeldoyle61637 жыл бұрын
Being falsely convicted has to be one of the most terrifying things that could happen to you.
@imaginaryboy20007 жыл бұрын
Being convicted of being a serial killer, put on death row, the the day before your execution you're aquitted. Then a teibe of hyper-advance apes kidnaps you and sacrifices you the next day. THAT'D be terrifying.
@JammastaJ237 жыл бұрын
Kafka...
@OrElseEllipsis19457 жыл бұрын
JammastaJ23, ...esque
@toptendency94527 жыл бұрын
Right ... Mickey Major
@supastar257 жыл бұрын
Literally having your own life stolen away from you by some individuals who are just part of some 'SYSTEM'
@rileyjfosbre63834 жыл бұрын
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”
@ChrisPoindexter984 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that so much. Even as *nerdy/geeky* as I get about art, media, whomever, and whatever I love, I try to keep that in mind, too, about being aware of who our audience is. It's not like they're going to know exactly as much as or the same stuff as you, anyhow.
@RandyHawkeye3 жыл бұрын
If John Oliver wrote the names of engineering courses....
@KitC9162 жыл бұрын
Scientists SHOULD learn better communication just as learning rote statistics should NOT be required to be a health educator. We all have our strengths; not all of us have ethics, which I'd hope we've learned matter just as much as ever-changing "facts." -Sincerely, an excellent communicator who would have been a great health educator, but I didn't pass biostats (which never ever was used in my tutoring/ explaining health concepts like sex ed and vaccines to adults who needed the information)...I also accept donations for my student debt, anyone can message me. Improve scientific literacy rather than bombarding the public with rote numbers they won't understand anyway, a common sense approach that's apparently anathema.
@KitC9162 жыл бұрын
Oh and closing bathrooms and water fountains in a pandemic, restricting access to hydration and hygiene, didn't control the airborne virus literally one bit, but because I can't do rote percentages in my head, somehow I'm not qualified to teach health concepts. That sounds legit. You get the kind of education that you vote for.
@ctdieselnut2 жыл бұрын
I like how you used 'science' as a verb lol. I agree with your point, tho. Sometimes we forget to be sympathetic to others weaknesses, and talking past one another helps no one. Neither does getting bogged down in technical terminology. I think some people have to much pride to ask for clarification or a 'dumbed down' version and therefore the opportunity to learn how something works is lost. You never know how information may help you in the future, something you think may have no utility to you at the moment may end up being useful.
@benb55point557 жыл бұрын
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.
@Whofan067 жыл бұрын
The concept of reasonable doubt is pretty bullshit, its kinda of gross how subjective our justice system is even with supposedly hard evidence.
@ameliecarre47837 жыл бұрын
Since I saw 12 angry men, the concept of popular jury freaks me out. this idea that "the people" must be right, I mean, it was based on something good, but in action, it's just a bunch of people who'd rather be somewhere else taking a life-altering decision about other people, without having any idea what is talked about most of the time, guided by professionals who sometimes don't know any better, and are just there to win a case. Truth is rarely the point.
@fyraltari18897 жыл бұрын
Is the jury system flawed ? Yes, yes it is. But what better system do we have ?
@barryfraser8317 жыл бұрын
trial by combat duh
@fyraltari18897 жыл бұрын
Makes sense.
@rowanmiller60357 жыл бұрын
If you're hoping to be a forensic scientist, be aware that you may not always get a conclusive answer. Admitting that you have an inconclusive result, however, is much better than presenting an incorrect result. This is something that's drilled into you in the really good forensic science programs.
@Zwijger5 жыл бұрын
@@EvoDevo2004 No, that is bullshit. Science by default can only prove things, but it can prove both that something is like you expect or not like you expect. You can't prove a negative after all.
@cipreste5 жыл бұрын
@@Zwijger that depends on your philosophical definition of science
@Twowings2fly5 жыл бұрын
I would love to be a forensic scientist, but I don't do the brain smarts good.
@DoctorWhoKage5 жыл бұрын
That's all well and good, but the sad truth is, as soon as you're out of that program, and step into the field, your "bosses" will tell you they need results *now* because, even law enforcement can be pressed for time because they're always convinced that the killer *might* strike again because the perp had no legal consequences for the first murder. But, it's *so rare* where that's actually the case and in most cases, the murder simply happens for one purpose and one purpose only: revenge. After the thirst for revenge is slaked, they might not murder no more or, they killed someone because *someone else* told them to. There is no one motive to a murder like how there's no one motive for a robbery or a theft or becoming a drug dealer. (Rapists are the only exception, but that's not my point) The point is, it may be useless to tell a forensic sciences student at a program (whether good or bad) to take your time when getting results when, on the job, people will tell you to rush it because of the reason mentioned above
@nenamichelle5 жыл бұрын
Harold Saxon lolol
@ohsosmooth016 жыл бұрын
Not that I wanna make this about capital punishment, but those people who posthumously exonerated at around the 5 minute mark, was pretty much the reason why the UK abolished capital punishment... in the 60's.
@baronvonlimbourgh17166 жыл бұрын
Not just that. It is also a moral issue and not the governments job to decide over life/or death. And especially that last thing confuses me about the usa right wing. They start bitching about government overreach over every little idiotic thing. But giving them the right to kill citizens somehow does not qualify as such.
@calebmauer17515 жыл бұрын
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 They only think government overreach is bad when it goes after upper class people. The government can persecute poor people all it wants and they don't give a fuck.
@mefford675 жыл бұрын
I find I do NOT support the death penalty based solely on the fact that human error and/or deliberate sabotage of forensic “evidence” has been used to gain convictions. That is absolutely unacceptable!
@bobrolander43445 жыл бұрын
The list of all episodes of Last Week Tonight is essentially a sad long list of issues that neither Republican politician, nor a single ESTABLISHMENT Democrat will EVER even try to touch. *Neither Kamala Harris, nor Joe Biden, nor Pete Butigeg, nor Beto O'Rourke WILL EVER DO JACK SHIT about ANY of these hundreds of pressing issues.* In the end making a buck will be more important than a planet to survive on, more important than justice, more important THAN LIFE ITSELF.
@calebmauer17515 жыл бұрын
@@bobrolander4344 Miss me with that anti-establishment rhetoric. What these issues need is more awareness and education among the general public.
@frank-bmtz5 жыл бұрын
"That's a bad dog right there, and he's gunna face some ruff justice."
@mathunit14 жыл бұрын
Lady: We're INDOORS, *fuck you.*
@MC64257 жыл бұрын
I'm kinda sad CSI: Crime Scene Idiot isn't a real show. Can we make this happen?
@stephandrobot65465 жыл бұрын
I actually enjoyed it too!
@WorkerBeesUnite5 жыл бұрын
oh my god yes
@michaelfixedsys74635 жыл бұрын
i think it'd be a good educational show.
@Ari-elle-4205 жыл бұрын
It would be hilarious. I would watch the shit out of it
@abdelhakkhalil76845 жыл бұрын
I completely agree! I was just thinking that would be a great show!
@MeleeTiger7 жыл бұрын
That's a great point to make clear to the people who think the percentage of innocent people who go to jail are an acceptable loss because "It's better than letting the guilty walk" or something like, for every innocent person convicted, there's a guilty person going free...
@caitlyn73105 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was truly heartbreaking to hear that guy spent more than half his life in prison for a crime he didn't commit because a couple of guys needed to find a match even if it was wrong. He'll never get that time back.
@Lockpickingblacksmith5 жыл бұрын
Or we could follow the founding fathers lead that said 'it's better to let 12 guilty men go free, than for one innocent man to spend a day in jail.
@lynxaway4 жыл бұрын
Anderson Cooper the answer to that question, unfortunately, is “too many people.” You’re right, of course, but the sentiment sadly isn’t universal.
@thehighground1743 жыл бұрын
In dubio pro reo
@paulboulanger57 жыл бұрын
John finally convinced me, there is not 2 Olsen twins, there are 1.1 billion!
@tabutu16 жыл бұрын
Looks like I have a better chance of a sexy time threesome with them then!!!
@kateb17616 жыл бұрын
Tab Utu dude. seriously. that was bad
@tabutu16 жыл бұрын
How so Kate? Please expand on your remarks.
@kateb17616 жыл бұрын
Tab Utu you know that it's okay to not type every thought you have, right? Cause if you want a threesome with the olsen twins, I dont wanna know and Im betting half the comment section didnt wanna know
@tabutu16 жыл бұрын
That's an extremely interesting & fascinating point of view Kate. Speaking of the Olsen twins of whom I would like have a threesome with & which the comments section is extremely interested in considering the amount of private messages I've received from men & women alike, have you heard of a movie called Liberal Arts? It has Elizabeth Olsen in it who is also quite hot & who I would like to have a onesome with. I recommend you check it out. You know what is sad Kate? So many women in the world & only one of me. You have yourself a good day.
@Angry57042 жыл бұрын
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.
@plentyofmalk9130 Жыл бұрын
People would tell him to get over it if he didn't.
@douggale5962 Жыл бұрын
Almost as if he's saying, "You could have made it not so easy" He could withstand way more.
@FluffyEnbyneering Жыл бұрын
I see two possibilities, either he managed to keep his spirit Intact or some part of him went insane while imprisoned and that’s the part of him that’s laughing
@Yasha2775 ай бұрын
Honestly, looking at his face it didn't seem like humor, it looked more like a sad man trying to laugh it away and it wasn't really working. This is also known as hysteria.
@crystalsoulslayer7 жыл бұрын
I was swept up in the CSI effect as a teenager, and, being me, I looked into the real-life actual Science behind stuff. It's been a while, but let's see how much nonsense I remember: 1. DNA takes ages and ages and ages to be analyzed. TV shows handwave this because nobody wants to watch a single episode that takes place over weeks or months while some neat biochemistry happens. (Edit) I have been informed that this is no longer the case, as the technology has progressed considerably. It also depends, to some extent, on the specific test being run. 2. Even if you do get an uncontaminated DNA sample, it's not necessarily a _whole_ sample. The stuff degrades, and what's left over might not necessarily be useful in identifying an individual -- human beings are 99.9% genetically identical, so just because a fragment matches the suspect doesn't mean it's definitely their DNA. 3. Pretty much everything in Dexter is horseshit. It's a cool show, but blood spatter analysis is not and never has been that precise. At all. (Edit) To clarify, I'm not suggesting that there is no such thing as blood spatter analysis, just that Dexter's presentation of it is really thoroughly dramatized. 4. All that stuff in Bones where they can tell the age, sex, and race of somebody just based on a femur or a skull or whatever? Yeah, there are some statistical probability things happening, but it's nowhere near the "sure thing" they make it out to be. (Edit) To clarify again: there are ways of determining sex, age, etc. based on bones, but even the stronger indicators are not as 100% certain as these shows present them. The show also takes creative license with the reliability of extrapolating based on statistics. 5. Speaking of race, remember when I said human beings are 99.9% genetically identical? Yeah. Any time someone (whether in a forensic context or not) says that because someone has gene X, that means they _must_ be of a particular race, that's nonsense. The idea that humans have biologically-distinct "races" is complete and utter 100% bass-ackwards bullshit. Some genes are statistically more likely in some areas (we're talking _continents_ and not countries), that's about it. 6. Trace evidence. That's a fun one. It seemed to be one of the more accurate sciencey things from what I could tell, but the idea that they can stick a tiny flake of a mystery substance in a piece of equipment and have a computer tell them _exactly_ what it is? Not really a thing. There are a ton of substances with similar compositions, and their proportions might not be precise enough for a completely 100% certain match. Human interpretation is a big part of it. 7. The equipment for forensic analysis often costs thousands or even millions of dollars, the people who operate that equipment need degrees and years of training, it all has to happen in highly-controlled environments, and all of that adds up to forensic analysis being _ungodly_ expensive. Investigators aren't going to take the time and expense to have something analyzed unless they have a very good reason to think it's relevant. 8. "Enhance the footage" means nothing. That's not a thing. I really can't stress this enough. If a camera is of poor quality, there's no amount of computer enhancement that will make up for that. There are very, very, _very_ few cases in which that is even possible, and the effects are nowhere near as dramatic as they are on TV. 9. Most important: *Human interpretation is a factor at every step of this process.* It's never as objective as it looks. Evidence is only of as much significance as the investigators decide it is, and investigators are just as susceptible to bias as everyone else. Science doesn't convict anyone. People do.
@jadecat187 жыл бұрын
Thank you for including more clarification on this topic. While I am guilty of enjoying an occasional crime drama show here and there, it's really sad that due to the limitations of the science and the biases of individuals, we continue to perpetuate a flawed system that allow innocent people to be jailed.
@shrimp199217 жыл бұрын
Crystal Soulslayer blood spatter evidence is actually really precise pal.
@bookcoda55067 жыл бұрын
yes its nice that someone besides me knows that the whole enhance thing is bullshit.
@MeepChangeling7 жыл бұрын
Actually, the "Enhance that" cliche is now technologically possible. Some software (and hardware found in current gen TVs) can use predictive analysis to extrapolate data and use that to increase the quality of an image when you increase its resolution. However, as this is basically a computer doodling what it expects the final image to be, it's not admissable in court. However we can take a 1080p image and scale it up to 4k with no apparent quality loss, so we CAN zoom and enhance now. In fact, your TV has probably been doing this for a year and a half or so, wheever you've played a DVD on it which was recorded at a lower resolution than the TV's native res.
@deadpope667 жыл бұрын
I didn’t really read all you had to say, but as for #4, forensic anthropology if definitely a real thing.
@buu6787 жыл бұрын
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.
@medealkemy7 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, I would watch that.
@buu6787 жыл бұрын
I think it should be a mystery comedy.
@MortheartBlanc7 жыл бұрын
@buu678 Are you sure about that casting? Maybe put Elbe in the Judge's chair because there needs to be a strong controlling voice for a conflicted audience. And cast Matthew McConaughey (with a strong accent) as the lawyer. Or you could bring back Neo.
@buu6787 жыл бұрын
That's not a bad idea but should McConaughey be the defense or the prosecution and who should be the defendant? I prefer Matthew as the prosecution but the other roles are up in the air for me.
@toasterchild7 жыл бұрын
You had me at Idris Elba
@kgzulu7 жыл бұрын
As a professor of Forensic Evidence, I can say with certainty that this video makes a lot of sense though it does oversimplify a few things. But this is not an academic critique of forensic sciences and my sincere thanks for making this video.
@GEM4sta7 жыл бұрын
Now when you say certainty, can you confirm that it is to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty? On a serious note, does your comment mean that you believe as well that forensic evidence really isn't viable to convict people?
@LightTrack-7 жыл бұрын
Because they're just materials on the spot. People with more proffession may plant fake evidence to lead the police off i think.
@R4ndomWords7 жыл бұрын
While the show successfully made the case against overstating the evidence a lot of methods provide, I fear this might backfire by completely pushing out methods (i.e. by having them made inadmissable in court) that provide evidence in the Bayesian sense (but not suffiently so on their own). Bite marks, for example, surely are not completely random, so they could very well provide evidence - just not nearly as strong as previously stated and probably not enough to warrant a conviction on their own. In many cases a lot of different clues that all provide above baseline evidence could combine to a legitimately strong case even if every single method is not enough to convict.
@GEM4sta7 жыл бұрын
RandomWords yeah, I wrote a comment about this. It's my belief that if we become too stringent on what evidence we use, it will have a negative net outcome to society. It's better to have a pretty good chance of putting away the right guy than not putting anyone at all. Otherwise people might think they can more easily get away with crimes, increasing crime rates, and people will feel less safe with so many open cases.
@kgzulu7 жыл бұрын
In cases where there is no direct evidence available and the courts have to rely on circumstantial evidence, forensic evidence plays a huge role. Forensic evidence is a very useful piece of evidence but it is certainly susceptible to abuse, like just about any other thing in this world. But carefully collected and analysed forensic evidence, especially DNA evidence can be the key to solving a crime where there is no direct evidence available.
@HistoricHomePlans4 жыл бұрын
The Innocence Project is a great organization and one we can all support.
@nath-wp7xp7 ай бұрын
Agreed. The man who started The Innocence Project helped get OJ Simpson his acquittal.
@harrison60827 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about this. This is woefully unknown by society.
@poly.morphine7 жыл бұрын
And the most disgusting part is people will *still* defend the death penalty, even after seeing this. I will never understand how people's feelings enable them to stay so willfully ignorant.
@jenniferloftus23637 жыл бұрын
polymorph ine Because they have yet to see that people are not good all of the time. Once you understand that, really understand that, you can then believe that people would manipulate the evidence to match their aims.
@kurtsudheim8257 жыл бұрын
Harrison Ressler I'm not trying to brag, but even I knew of the csi effect & reliability, we touched on it in late high school as part of a bigger different topic, & we don't even have jurors
@HankTheStank7107 жыл бұрын
"My personal conclusion is, the dog committed the crime"
@kevinperri937 жыл бұрын
10:48 should’ve called it who’s blood is it anyway
@JuggaloJD4207 жыл бұрын
Dear HBO. Hire this guy ^
@everwhat0137 жыл бұрын
I second the motion.
@kevinperri937 жыл бұрын
Honestly didn’t think that this would get that popular thanks lmao
@iangraber-stiehl4617 жыл бұрын
kevinperri93 HBO, give him a medal while you're at it
@khamulthewack47327 жыл бұрын
Rolls off the tongue muuuch more easily.
@LoveAndSnapple4 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t imagine being wrongly convicted and sentenced to death while the real murderer was walking around free.
@snowy_owl4 жыл бұрын
Also, the prosecutors get off scot-free as well.
@aubriem19443 жыл бұрын
especially that guy whose own wife was murdered. can you imagine how angry he must have been?? your wife gets murdered, and then YOU get sent to prison instead of her actual killer??
@thegrayyernaut2 жыл бұрын
@@aubriem1944 That's the premise of "Law Abiding Citizen" xD
@kalyansubramani15837 жыл бұрын
It is amazing how John picks the topics and does complete justice to it. Why hasn't been given the Pulitzer Prize already? This is not some angry fan venting. This man deserves the best journalism award America has to offer.
@ThatOneRandomSteve7 жыл бұрын
That would probably be an insult to the dude, since he doesn't want this show to be considered journalism.
@igordasunddas83336 жыл бұрын
What's really insulting is the filter bubble most people (not only in the US, but also and especially in Europe) are kinda expected to live in, because apparently so-called self-proclaimed journalists and politicians think the people wouldn't comprehend the full truth (no - no conspiracy, but just the shaping of opinions as politicians see fit). Then again those same idiots up there name the stuff, that's going on, "democracy" - fully knowing, that democracy requires people to be able to form their own opinions about things. The sad truth is, that shows like this one (I love John Oliver for what he's doing - except for certain episodes such as the one about sexism) actually deliver much better journalism than many, many so-called "news feeds / magazines". And this is what makes journalism in general appear pretty pathetic, which is why I don't like 3 types of people: politicians, journalists and lawyers with "journalists" being the newest addition. Most of them are crap.
@Goldenretriever-k8m6 жыл бұрын
I really don't think it's the best journalism. There are much better specials/shows out there regarding journalistic information. Not that the show doesn't have it's moments (he isn't always accurate either) but still, much better ones out there for info.
@vonsoup66734 жыл бұрын
@@Goldenretriever-k8m I really like his reporting, but he does have writers who contribute heavily... not sure if you can be awarded a Pulitzer for something other people help write.
@Goldenretriever-k8m4 жыл бұрын
@@vonsoup6673 Yeah, and its not like he does heavy undercover stuff. HE IS NOT RONAN FARROW lol. For real? Do people even know what a Pulitzer is?
@ShadowAkatora7 жыл бұрын
This city is like one big crime sandwich.. ..and I'm about to take a bite
@wjzav19717 жыл бұрын
Someone was served a sandwich. Time for us to serve JUSTICE!
joe mcnoe Whenever the CSI-team investigated the crime scene, Horatio Cane would have a short dialogue with one of his colleagues, discussing how the victim died. Horatio would then end the dialogue by making a pun about the circumstances of the death or a wisecrack, immediately followed by the intro (YEEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!).
@nasher48207 жыл бұрын
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@Thommy2n6 жыл бұрын
I remember that one of my favorite episodes of Law and Order SVU had a case of a rape, but because the prosecutor was so determined to get a maximum sentence, she pressured the forensic scientist to present DNA evidence from the rape kit that was so small there was know way to test it more than once, making it completely unreliable. The guy ended up walking free, the victim no justice, and the lawyer disbarred. Afterwards I honestly kept thinking "Why don't they have more episodes like this, if not to do with DNA but other forensic science." Ironic, one of the best morally grey stories of that show and all because an actor needed to be written off.
@topaztechnologies18954 жыл бұрын
Thommy2n h in HC
@marcelaminarikova6123 жыл бұрын
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@kellychapman1903 жыл бұрын
That is devastating and yet sounds more likely than most things that show presents
@pugachevskobra56362 жыл бұрын
Which episode is this because I haven’t been able to find it.
@nath-wp7xp2 жыл бұрын
Is that the episode with Jennifer Love Hewitt?
@davidshillaker75783 жыл бұрын
This CSI: Crime Scene Idiot seems like a fantastic show. Let's make this happen
@CezaMVO7 жыл бұрын
Critics are calling CSI:Crime Scene Idiot, "a reasonable scientific degree of certainty".
@amtra17787 жыл бұрын
And only a 1 in 2 billion chance to dislike the show! Oh...oh wait a second..
@CezaMVO7 жыл бұрын
TVBalkan12 I'm still waiting for the critically acclaimed "Harding" to come out
@mattfromeurope7 жыл бұрын
Actually it would be a nice plot for sone criminal investigation satire!
@Froyofreeze7 жыл бұрын
Let me correct - a reasonable degree of scientific certainty
@aserta7 жыл бұрын
Crimes Stupidly Investigated.
@Geneforson7 жыл бұрын
That final skit at the end was AMAZING. Well fooking done
@dutchgala74926 жыл бұрын
*"fooking", Lmao* Love it! *Take care :)*
@jimalbi7 жыл бұрын
You must understand that for a significat part of the population, justice is not about getting the right killer, but about making someone pay. Anyone can do. And for bigots like Session or Pence (read Jeff Sharlett's «The Family»), if you are poor and miserable, then you deserve punishment, no matter if you're guilty of that crime or not.
@HoneyBeeJess6 жыл бұрын
"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.
@userfriendly27375 жыл бұрын
You’re the reason why we need Vaffanculo Day.
@lynxaway4 жыл бұрын
@ZionHillCalling I mean, legally speaking, when a term is vague it’s usually vague on purpose. Rigid rules and precise language aren’t always ideal for the reason you said: it’s hard to prove that something is EXACTLY reliable enough, and pretty inconvenient for both sides. But I do agree that when it comes to science the definition of what counts as “reasonable certainty” should be a little clearer.
@KuariThunderclaw3 жыл бұрын
@@lynxaway To be fair, in science in general they almost never say that anything is absolutely certain. There's always a little bit of wiggle room just in case new information arises, such as something appearing to be an exception to the standard for one reason or another. Such as how Newton's law of gravity falls apart when you look at things at a subatomic level but holds up in pretty much everything else. Like it's pretty hard to be specific about this because ultimately the degree of certainty they can make is limited by their knowledge or lack thereof and even scientists could miss a significant detail (thus why the scientific review process exists despite some conspiracy theorists wanting to tear that apart)
@robdeskrd2 жыл бұрын
This is all because of the set standard for conviction, beyond reasonable doubt so, the talk about reasonable degree of scientific certainty but without an established standard what does it matter? Our criminal justice system is far too concerned with making money to be properly concerned with anything else and forensic sciences have been very useful in affording the appearance of certainty.
"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?
@TheoneandonlyDrops7 жыл бұрын
ONE good dog with a gun? Try two. No try 1.1 Billion!
@jenniferloftus23637 жыл бұрын
A Dog Good Doggy! I hope it's right after the dog has snapped his chain outside and broke into the house and ate a big chicken from the table. I hope the abusive owner was just about to eat the chicken and the dog shot the owner right then.
Golden retrievers are a *hunting* breed. YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!
@jwang23077 жыл бұрын
I totally would watch CSI: Crime Scene Idiot. Too many of the current criminal investigation TV shows dramatize and disproportionately distort on what goes in within an investigation.
@Adragim7 жыл бұрын
A modern interpretation of Police Squad.
@VanisherXP7 жыл бұрын
Would you say your spambot dating site has "a reasonable scientific degree of certainty"?
@flatebo17 жыл бұрын
Looks like it has a "reasonable scientific degree of sexy girls", anyway.
@anthonyjoe40877 жыл бұрын
flatebo1 j
@OddlyIncredible7 жыл бұрын
Spambot has a reasonable degree of certainty for being reported/blocked/banned...
@RipTheJackR7 жыл бұрын
My god, if they ever made CSI: Crime Scene Idiot, I would watch it.
@vampyrphile84585 жыл бұрын
Isn't there one with Rashida Jones?
@66fiveandahalf5 жыл бұрын
#MeToo LOL
@PorpoiseInATent5 жыл бұрын
My dad actually helped with a case like this Marty Tankleff was convited of murdering his parents when he was 18 and spent 18 years in jail, but then was found innocent, he was actually friends with jim gandolfini.
@gpasi4207 жыл бұрын
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....
@Carnage-Asadas7 жыл бұрын
Chad Knol You fucking snitch.
@Kasarii7 жыл бұрын
If that's true, there might be some family of the victim who could benefit from hearing the story.
@thesunflowerseedenthusiast24817 жыл бұрын
This sounds fake as hell
@pixelanarchy17117 жыл бұрын
The Sunflower Seed Enthusiast what could the person get out of lying, sure it sounds a little rare, but it happens.
@thesunflowerseedenthusiast24817 жыл бұрын
Pixel Anarchy Attention and likes on their comment.
@n3x0tak7 жыл бұрын
Can we make CSI : Crime scene idiot an actual show pls ?!
@mlpfanboy17017 жыл бұрын
I know I'd watch it
@humarjonson49986 жыл бұрын
Yes PLS
@MH-ql4nh6 жыл бұрын
I'll definitely watch it
@intheshade30186 жыл бұрын
I'd watch that... Everybody would watch that.
@TheAndersDanilet6 жыл бұрын
Watch Angie Tribeca
@VengefulPenguin7 жыл бұрын
This is why you have 2 Emmys. Keep up the fantastic work. Really top notch.
@ItsJustAGuy4 жыл бұрын
Can I say John Oliver is the only person who can inform me on horrible topics but still cause me to laugh.
@con35214 жыл бұрын
Can you say that with a reasonable degree of scientific certainty?
@ItsJustAGuy4 жыл бұрын
@@con3521 does principle Skinner steam a good ham?
@desertdaisymarie69514 жыл бұрын
Conrad Favale if anyone ask me to say that phrase in court my autism would take over 😡
@ItsJustAGuy4 жыл бұрын
@@desertdaisymarie6951 because...why? That seems like a really strange thing to get upset over.
@desertdaisymarie69514 жыл бұрын
Jim Guy I’m autistic and the phrase is meaningless.. A court is a place to establish guilt beyond ALL reasonable doubt or find not guilty, not rack up points..
@liggieep7 жыл бұрын
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.
@davidcastleberry17207 жыл бұрын
liggieep yet they are still used as evidence
@slanguagefreak23887 жыл бұрын
Actually not just that, they said it was a partial. Which means the print is not of the whole finger, to begin with, it is only a part of the print. It is like one piece of a 800 or so piece jigsaw puzzle that can fit anywhere. If just by looking at that one piece you are trying to guess the picture of the jigsaw puzzle, you will come up with thousands of options.
@liggieep7 жыл бұрын
I didn't recall if they said partial, but I did mention that. Yes, latent prints are often not complete, and the print that a forensic investigator is able to lift might only end up intact as a partial print. You make a very good point about the jigsaw piece.
@DuranmanX7 жыл бұрын
Phoenix Wright has as much chance to get the correct convictions with spirit mediums and cross-examining a parrot as some of these forensic scientists
@sonnytapman7 жыл бұрын
That fact that that's true makes me scared.
@erichraeder29897 жыл бұрын
Adrian Duran i was just waiting for someone to say that
@jaeckex62147 жыл бұрын
Always works.
@shademonki137 жыл бұрын
At least spirit channeling is verifiably credible in that world.
@PinkDreemurr7 жыл бұрын
Spirit mediums and parrot examinations are far more reliable than some forensic science.
@Uriel2387 жыл бұрын
Not mentioned in this episode: ~ The $2 field drug tests renowned for false positives, that are still admissible in court and still are used to establish _probable cause_ ~ The lab that _intentionally_ returned false positives, since the DoJ favors labs that returns results that produce convictions. That lab made _bank_ providing evidence for countless false convictions. ~ The detection dogs that have up to 90%+ false positive rate, which are commonly used to establish probable cause. For some reason after the fifth time the dog _alerted_ but nothing was found, we keep using him. Our justice system is far, far more interested in securing convictions that seeing justice done. They'd rather let innocents serve time (and the guilty walk) than actually prove guilt. And it's been that way for more than a century.
@jessicalee3337 жыл бұрын
The 13th amendment outlawed slavery _except as punishment for a crime._ Now, prison workers (at privately owned for-profit prisons) make almost all our military accessories, lots of consumer goods ("made in the USA"), do lots of the meat-packing and livestock slaughtering, and are starting to do farm labor picking crops. What they want is not justice, it's more prisoners.
@calliarcale7 жыл бұрын
They did do a whole segment in an earlier episode about the field drug kits. Mindblowing, and of course they're still being used even though many of them are about as reliable as a coin toss.
@toptendency94527 жыл бұрын
right
@lskdfoIS7 жыл бұрын
Uriel238 @Uriel238 "They'd rather let innocents serve time (and the guilty walk) than actually prove guilt." No, they want them all guilty. They get a "tough on crime" moniker that they can use in future politics.
@ElementalNimbus2 жыл бұрын
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.
@kli90052 жыл бұрын
😂
@RR426368 ай бұрын
@NoelModesto7 жыл бұрын
Air Bud 9: F**k the Police, a seriously underrated movie. A public release is needed.
@grinnylein7 жыл бұрын
Paw-lice, please. And you call yourself a fan...
@BGRUBBIN7 жыл бұрын
Paw-lease bitch!
@zabaoth7 жыл бұрын
Come on guys, don't be ruff.
@DopeyDetector6 ай бұрын
Do you think drafting off John's joke makes you funny, too? Pathetic
@Yasha2775 ай бұрын
@@DopeyDetector A large fraction of comments on KZbin are people just quoting things in the video.
@pierrelebourreau8967 жыл бұрын
I have a master degree in law. I had forensic science. First episode of CSI: they identify a murderer by reflection in victim's eye from the security camera. This was the last episode I have watched.
@spencerwinters7 жыл бұрын
Pierre Le Bourreau I also like the misconception that people assume those that study forensics is a fan of CSI. Lol no that's the crappiest representation ever. 🤣
@RuthwikRao7 жыл бұрын
lmaooooo
@nathanmckenzie9047 жыл бұрын
Pierre Le Bourreau i don't yave a degree in law or science, i msde it through 1/2 an episode before i called bullshit
@mumonkey130007 жыл бұрын
ENHANCE
@achudude7 жыл бұрын
i agree. lot of tv shows have episodes that are far fetched. books are way better. I grew up reading Perry Mason. I havent appreciated anything crime related as much as Perry Mason. Pierre, if u havent read the series i highly recommend it
@GenJotsu7 жыл бұрын
Guilty, on the streets... Innocent, on the electric seats.
@MateusAntonioBittencourt7 жыл бұрын
This is the thing I don't get it... Those cops and prosecutors claim they are trying to make the city safer by convicting a guy with forged evidence... but they are in fact making unsafer, since the real bad guy is out with nobody looking for him. The cognitive dissonance in law enforcement is amazing.
@potaytodoggo7 жыл бұрын
Mateus Bittencourt they just do it to make us FEEL safer
@asavyshepherd987 жыл бұрын
Ooh Damn someone came to play!
@zack191927 жыл бұрын
lol drama queen much?
@-Trauma.7 жыл бұрын
Jane Doe Have you ever seen At The Death House Door?
@tuckerzenski78282 жыл бұрын
I was reading that this show was placed in a new category with SNL so one of the other late night shows will win an emmy. This show is in a class of it's own. Oliver should just be granted it with no competition in that new category until we see a reasonable challenger. No one has ever successfully nailed this kind of research and mastery of humor together. One of a kind. Thanx
@Jackal7 жыл бұрын
my dad cites CSI on a regular basis for why he is suspicious of some of my actions lol. If he thinks I'm being sneaky he always says "don't forget I've been watching csi!!" lol
@sabinor25607 жыл бұрын
Jackal Unleashed go on
@72marshflower157 жыл бұрын
Jackal Unleashed holy shit!!! How "old" or "young" are you ?
@72marshflower157 жыл бұрын
Jackal Unleashed please be aware of generic modification...
@cian21687 жыл бұрын
Jackal Unleashed Maybe tell him that he's a crazed lunatic?
@khrsol8327 жыл бұрын
Jackal Unleashed You are everywhere! I keep seeing you in Reportoftheweek videos, Elvis The Alien videos, Leon Lush videos, I might have seen you in a Sugarpine7 video. My God!!!!
@gavinoaw7 жыл бұрын
Everybody is talking about Crime Scene Idiot, but I really wanna see Monkey Law And Monkey Order!
@toptendency94527 жыл бұрын
interesting
@joyleo7 жыл бұрын
seems perfect for a banana republic
@bananawal82157 жыл бұрын
I believe the coconut did it. Three hairs have a reasonable scientific degree of certainty
@krillissue7 жыл бұрын
Somebody threw the coconut and then disposed of the evidence. By eating it. It must be the dog.
@TroPy1n7 жыл бұрын
your mom has a reasonable scientific degree of certainty
@preytec7 жыл бұрын
I don't know, That bad dog looks guilty to me.
@bookashkin7 жыл бұрын
SpiceTrade Magnate: The coconut was carried by a swallow.
@mathieu32017 жыл бұрын
And the bite marks on the holy grail match the suspect with a reasonable degree of scientific certainty
@herbsandmagick45324 жыл бұрын
I like to rewatch episodes and know the bologna sandwich ending, yet it still absolutely murders me every single time I see it. I almost choked on my tea just now.
@harasnicole7 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, I'd actually watch an entire season of CSI: Crime Scene Idiot. 😂
@molly19497 жыл бұрын
notenoughtomes fun not real n no lab rat interrogates suspects like on the show. Crime scene tech, las vegas
@Enterprise1701J7 жыл бұрын
Was totally gonna say the same :D
@Kamila_Koziol7 жыл бұрын
And a movie about Harding? Same
@nalnanderson8547 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah, notenoughtomes, that'd be awesome
@raghuvarv7 жыл бұрын
notenoughtomes We all would.
@bradleyogilvie88697 жыл бұрын
This is why I would love to see a crossover between John and Adam Conover from "Adam ruins Everything". Adam did an episode about this, and this is not the first time they have both done the same subject. Seeing those two ruining various subjects together would be a lot of fun!
@Tamaki7427 жыл бұрын
Bradley Ogilvie Oh yeah, I watched the fingerprint episode.
@anomalocaris25937 жыл бұрын
You are one sick guy. ... and so am I
@rejvaik007 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes they both need crossover episodes adam conover on last week tonight and john oliver on adam ruins everything
@Whofan067 жыл бұрын
John could rip Adam to shreds. While a great concept there's a lot of problems with the tone of Adam's show that sets it up to make more mistakes, oversimplify, or send the wrong messages than anything this show puts forth.
@NoMoreBsPlease7 жыл бұрын
Bradley Ogilvie This is a complete rip off of a PBS Nova episode! I guess him and Adam watch PBS.
@ssrrapper7 жыл бұрын
10:48 should be "Whose Blood Is it anyway?"
@KellendirsCorner6 жыл бұрын
Were the evidence is made up, and the hemoglobin doesn't matter!
@JenniNoMercy6 жыл бұрын
"We're going to move on to the first game, Crime Scenes From a Hat!"
@jordansullivan57646 жыл бұрын
Oh man what a missed opportunity XD
@L44525 жыл бұрын
Screenshotting this because this is golden
@FiddlebirdBlue5 жыл бұрын
@SSTEAS Aren't you just the epitome of both "fun" and "funny". Boo.
@rhyliemasons79576 жыл бұрын
As someone who is studying to go into forensic science I applaud you for debunking some of the greatest misconceptions about it. While you can get a good idea about a crime scene it is definitely not perfect. Labs and data bases are nothing like the ones in the shows and evidence that can be used in shows is different than in real world scenarios. And I know a woman who went to trial and was asked the stupid "can you say this with a reasonable degree of scientific certainty" and she explained how that was a stupid question to everyone in the courtroom and how they could only say this was their best analysis of the situation, not 100% the answer. Thank you again John Oliver, we really need to inform more people about what forensics can and cannot do to prevent innocent people from having to pay the price of the actions of others.
@tselengbotlhole7505 жыл бұрын
RhylieFilms we have too much faith in science,law enforcement should learn to go beyond that and apply themselves whenever there is any shadow of doubt
@egonkuber42587 жыл бұрын
Well, I always figured CSI was pretty authentic, what with the amazing holographic displays they have in their, uh, Science Conference room area.
@calebmauer17515 жыл бұрын
Their zoom and enhance technology is pretty impressive as well.
@shadowcadette7 жыл бұрын
I NEED THAT SHOW!!
@hailey26457 жыл бұрын
I know it was a joke to prove a point...but I think Crime Scene Idiot is my favorite show now
@AKartes7 жыл бұрын
I would watch it!
@Serpillard7 жыл бұрын
I want to watch it! Please make it happen, HBO!
@henriquetardeli72307 жыл бұрын
I would definitely watch it!
@perry21947 ай бұрын
I was thinking maybe "Crime Scene Imbecile" would be a good name too
@ceres0906 жыл бұрын
They thought dog hair was human hair? That feels like more than just an error of analysis.
@tselengbotlhole7505 жыл бұрын
ceres090 sometimes they are too eager to close the case
@dallasl36885 жыл бұрын
#Racism
@INTCUWUSIUA4 жыл бұрын
All mammals have surprisingly similar DNA. Hell all vertebrates have surprisingly similar DNA. That's why they need to be thorough; it's easier the fuck up than you'd think.
@redhednitemare3 жыл бұрын
Also kinda feela like an insult
@toledoseahawks33483 жыл бұрын
@@INTCUWUSIUA yeah, but hair analysis isn't abaout DNA. It is about the look of the hair, the color, form, thickness, topology etc.
@stopthattimerave7 жыл бұрын
So when are we gonna be able to buy that Air Bud poster?
@FiddlebirdBlue7 жыл бұрын
Just take a screenshot, crop it, and take it to CVS. I think poster prints are like $10. I also think most people undervalue the joy one can derive from the photo kiosks as CVS.
@joserocha49147 жыл бұрын
stopthattimerave
@VertigoCrime7 жыл бұрын
I'm genuinely surprised he didn't talk about how most states don't even use Medical Examiners or Pathologists for these forensic investigations and instead VOTE for random people who have no knowledge of dead bodies and have had no schooling on it.
@kaivickers1667 жыл бұрын
VertigoCrime - I think that is only in small places, towns and such. Large cities have requirements for MEs. You aren't going to find a butcher or vet as the ME of Chicago or Dallas.
@FiddlebirdBlue7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, my hometown uses the same old dude who's been elected to the position for decades because he runs uncontested. It mostly works out because most people in the county die of 'old age', obvious and documented illness (cancer, cirrhosis), and 'misadventure' (wander off a cliff drunk, die while skiing the backcountry). Whenever there's an equivocal death (which is rarely) he just taps out and we borrow someone legit from a city. Hate to think what would happen if he didn't raise his hand and ask for help so willingly. Hate to think what would happen if there were ever murders he had to handle. (The last one was in the 70s or 80s; all the equivocal deaths since have been suicides or accidents or previously unknown disorders, etc.)
@RS-Caleb7 жыл бұрын
Wait what the fuck? We can't just vote people for dis shit?
@Captain_Wet_Beard7 жыл бұрын
It's unrealistic to expect to do anything other than elect them, smaller towns don't have people with the skill set, and not enough people want to move from the city to a rural location to make less money. That's the way the world works in a capitalist society. (which is part of why I don't believe in capitalism.)
@linkone117 жыл бұрын
In my home town, Springfield Illinois, after our mayor committed suicide, a temporary mayor was chosen from our city counsel; after much deliberation he selected his wife to be our coroner; that's how it works in smaller cities
@talosheeg7 жыл бұрын
I'm in a forensics class, and this is awesome!!!
@Psycorde7 жыл бұрын
Awesome to know that you're totally wasting yourtime?
@noxxie11077 жыл бұрын
Yo Same!!! Do you study in America or somewhere else in the world?
@paulgarcia28877 жыл бұрын
Your forensics class is a lie. Quit now and save society
@eruno_7 жыл бұрын
@White Void As John himself said, majority of forensic sciences are completely scientific and proven. But sadly some practices are just plain wrong.
@TysonRex377 жыл бұрын
Well, I see some people in this chain completely missed the point of this video.
@walterfowler43712 жыл бұрын
I'm currently living in my car, if not for your show and others this would be hell. Thanks, dude
@cinnflowergirl7 жыл бұрын
They should have to send a letter to every juror after retrial or exoneration so they know it was crappy evidence. The more people that know the less likely people will fall for that shi. Too bad so many shows make it seem like forensics are impeccable. And too many Americans believe TV before fact, anyway.
@jonathangarza16567 жыл бұрын
cinnflowergirl as an American i agree 100%. I often think about moving to a different country. America is just ugh. Even when it comes to getting their health on track they. Believe fitness magazines and tv before actual fact and tried and true methods.
@grassh0per2797 жыл бұрын
@Sayem I understand your frustration, think about this every single day. First, I just want to try to explain a mental practice that was very difficult for me : Try to compartmentalize [] *topics* + trends that upset you from [] *people* that bring these topics up + trigger memories of all that is wrong with the trend/culture + *especially* if they're not contributing to the problem ================= While everything you said is (unfortunately) common, cinnflowergirl's suggestion could hold A LOT of promise in practice. Remember how many people watch + understand these John Oliver videos + arguments. ================= The example comparing the appearance of hair and explaining to jurors like it was a scientific proven truth (based on superficial pattern recognition alone) is just heinous. Sending these jurors a message explaining basic *facts* (without superfluous jargon) would be phenomenal. Such as explaining how two hairs can look the same, but if you examine the DNA you can (actually) safely assume hard evidence quote: " _Research has shown that matching hairs using subjective analysis can be highly inaccurate (one FBI study found a 12.5 percent error rate). By comparison, the statistical probability of a false positive using the most advanced DNA testing kits can be as low as one in more than a quadrillion._ " (Note the important phrase "can be" : one huge exception being identical twins). ================= If juries are lied to (or told that something bogus or *completely* circumstantial can be relied on to convict) They could spread that to their friends as a "fun tidbit I learned on jury duty". & worse left uninformed, misuse that knowledge next jury duty. Lol #fakeNews I learned in court. ================= Reforming the law to ban bogus practice is preferable. #wooTexas But I'm extremely curious now : --------------------------------------------------------------- (A) Send out correction letters to jurors who witnessed bogus + misleading practices. (B) Ban fake science from courts. --------------------------------------------------------------- *Which is easier to pass a new law for?* --------------------------------------------------------------- If (A) is easier to push through, it would be better than nothing while waiting on (B).
@tobinstone23597 жыл бұрын
Sure, the letter should look like this: Dear Juror, So you remember that guy you helped sentence to death a couple years ago? Well, it turns out science was wrong, so you killed the wrong man you terrible piece of fucking shit. Have a good day, The forensics team
@A-small-amount-of-peas6 жыл бұрын
cinnflowergirl Of course they believe TV over fact. They voted for a TV star over a politician. But I don't think that trait is strictly American
@JeremyRitcheyphixxer6 жыл бұрын
Funny, that's kind of what you're doing here. Do you often get your facts from late night 'comedians'?
@TheRealSaintNickNorthside7 жыл бұрын
"scientific certainty"= "I never studied science beyond high school chemistry"
@toaster99227 жыл бұрын
actually its more like “lol what the fuck does science mean?”
@sammy200247 жыл бұрын
To me, it's: "Did I ever set foot in a school, because I completely missed the mark of what the reading, math, history, and science of science is."
@examine15256 жыл бұрын
Not even statistically significant? I have a bad feeling that's statistics and not science.
@LiveErrors6 жыл бұрын
Honestly its just ''im not that familiar with scientific terms''
@HoneyBeeJess6 жыл бұрын
hefftatious to work in a crime lab you have to have at least a bachelor's degree in forensic science, so, yes, actually, they have.
@ryan82scott7 жыл бұрын
Trill (before it was cool): a :the alternation of two musical tones a diatonic second apart - called also shake. Just an FYI.
@liammcd967 жыл бұрын
ryan82scott didn't even know there was another use of the word trill other then performing music? What does this new trill mean??
@Mofi3577 жыл бұрын
Trillax mate you'll get in one day
@ryan82scott7 жыл бұрын
Trilly, I hope that day never comes.
@viperswhip7 жыл бұрын
To me it's always been a race from Star Trek.
@Mofi3577 жыл бұрын
Tripping on little blue & yellow pills
@thelolminecrafter78304 жыл бұрын
I have the definitions right here: *BASIC: A programming language designed by John G. Kenney and Thomas E. Kurtz on this very day (May 1st) back in 1964.* *Trill: A playing technique used in music where the player rapidly alternates between two notes.*
@Kartissa3 жыл бұрын
Also Trill: a humanoid species native to the planet Trill. (Star Trek) memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Trill
@thelolminecrafter78303 жыл бұрын
@@Kartissa Good catch! Forgot about that one!
@gusbaker4u7 жыл бұрын
but...that cute goth girl with pigtails uses her magic forensics computer to solve every mystery instantly...
@Chunkboi7 жыл бұрын
gusbaker4u hey, don’t forget about the british corpse guy!
@ClaudioMichel7 жыл бұрын
That "cute girl" is actually 48 years old... ;)
@Skye-vp5cg7 жыл бұрын
gusbaker4u ABBY ON NCIS
@CNWhatImSaiyan7 жыл бұрын
Chunkboi Now they have Fez from That 70s Show! XD
@JuannieSavage7 жыл бұрын
Claudio Michel I was just about to say that
@420jamamaw7 жыл бұрын
This is why there shouldn't be a death penalty. If one person has been wrongfully murdered from the death penalty it's to many
@1010-f1k7 жыл бұрын
Matt Sanders too*
@silverblue737 жыл бұрын
right, but sitting in prison for 30 years... that's just as bad really
@TheOJDrinker7 жыл бұрын
Better that 1000 guilty men go free, than a single innocent man is put to death. - iforgetwhosaidthat
@MortheartBlanc7 жыл бұрын
I disagree strongly. First, imprisonment never "fixed" anybody. If anything, it creates more darkness, for which innocent people pay -- both literally and otherwise. Secondly, the moment you go soft there will be real criminals taking advantage of it. Is it not true that there are more real criminals than wrongfully convicted? As long as that ratio is more than 1, we cannot dare loosen the severity. Rather, enforce death penalties for "negligence of duty" (which have resulted in wrongful execution) as well. In fact, for petty crimes a little corporal punishment in public will "correct" the criminal far more effectively (and cheaply) than ten years inside a "correctional" facility. A misnomer if ever there was one. The problem is that most people making these decisions have never been directly affected by a single crime ever. If you have looked into the eyes of a real, intentional murderer (I have) -- you WILL think twice before letting that scorpion skitter away to a dark corner.
@eschiss17 жыл бұрын
I feel more responsible participating in, for taxes having paid for, directly for the system and decisions that put the one innocent man to death. The others are individual responsibility.
@measl7 жыл бұрын
*I am SOOOO glad that **_SOMEBODY_** is finally making noise about this!* *I worked for a forensic firm for 5 years between 2004 and 2009, and during that time, ALL of the issues raised here were on full display!& The most egregious is the use of PAID Forensic Examiners. When an witness expert is being paid by your side, you KNOW that they are going to render an opinion favorable to your side! Take th exact same evidence, the exact sane Examiner, and pay them by the other side, and just like magic, the evidence becomes "consistent with YOUR case!* *No Kidding"
@nadrake19837 жыл бұрын
If you worked in the field the noise was made, The NAS report was issued labs took a hard look at the operations and changed. the P-cast was not scientists looking at the areas like the NAS at all. the P-cast isn't a good report at all.
@maryannatwood72234 жыл бұрын
Just starting a six week on-line course, "Introduction to Forensic Science" and have linked this very informative video to the course comments. Thank you!
@JustNanais7 жыл бұрын
As a CSI fan, I approve and applaud this video, so much truth that people need to know about!
@jreyes1227 жыл бұрын
Currently studying Forensics in college right now, and I REALLY appreciate that John and his team have covered this. While I am proud to say that my professors and classes had already made me aware of all of these issues; the more people realize just how big of a problem "junk" science is in the forensics community, the better.
@jreyes1227 жыл бұрын
XD, you are completely right!
@leatheryfoot63547 жыл бұрын
So if I eat a Sub, and get murdered someone who isn't guilty can be accused, even though it's a sandwich completely unrelated to my death. Huh, da mo u no
@sarowie7 жыл бұрын
and the best part of it all: Your murder can live a long and happy life - there is with a reasonable degree of scientific certainty no other potential suspect let alone an actual murderer running free.
@anarchotoastbackup20837 жыл бұрын
sarowie *murderererererer
@factsabouturmum92507 жыл бұрын
ur mum'a a sandwich
@quester097 жыл бұрын
Leatheryfoot oh noes! torpedoed by a sub!
@edwardhim22767 жыл бұрын
True, but witnesses are also ridiculously flawed, although there is a strong bias towards them. Changing the phrasing of the question for instance can have a witness insert details of varying accuracy. Oliver should have done a piece how flawed prosecutions are in general, such as ridiculous bail fees, to jury selections etc...
@iamallamaninja5 жыл бұрын
Hair can't "match". It can be microscopically and characteristically similar. But that's it.
@scarletspeed77 жыл бұрын
WHAT IS WILL GARDNER DOING ON CSI??????
@frosty29757 жыл бұрын
He is recalibrating.
@jacobsteinberg77027 жыл бұрын
ME TOO
@zakbailey86727 жыл бұрын
too many bots, when will Google get off their ass and do something about these scam accounts?
@zakbailey86727 жыл бұрын
report all the fake accounts
@myprevioushandlenamewascringe7 жыл бұрын
He should be in everything.
@funny-video-YouTube-channel7 жыл бұрын
Innocent people go to jail. Lawyers get paid. The system keeps rolling on and crushing lives.
@Redflametrow7 жыл бұрын
Don't know why you'd bring lawyers into it. They get paid either way. I suppose the DA keeps their job or has a higher chance of being promoted for closing a case. Just I think of defense attorneys as well which they benefit from freeing their clients more often. As defense gets paid more, I think of defense when getting paid.
@proksenospapias93277 жыл бұрын
The "system" would be just fine with the defendant found innocent as well. The "system" is not there to crush your life but to protect you.
@jainabraina7 жыл бұрын
Prisons* get paid.
@IkeOkerekeNews7 жыл бұрын
epSos.de You are probably saying this to slack off, aren't you.
@MorningGloryD7 жыл бұрын
ProksenosPapias It's not protecting those convicted wrongly. The justice system is supposed to protect the innocent. I'd say it's destroying their lives and letting the actual perpetrators commit further crimes by letting them get away. "Reasonable doubt" loses all meaning if juries are presented bogus evidence. The only winners are for-profit prisons.
@TheRoshan897 жыл бұрын
I love john oliver. So much BS in this world, I'm glad he calls it out for all to see!
@Dog-ss9ef7 жыл бұрын
TheRoshan89 actually he is the BS
@anonymoususer84467 жыл бұрын
Sealing Turtle99 what did he say wrong
@Dog-ss9ef7 жыл бұрын
Anonymous User well its just that he takes everything trump says out of context to make him look bad
@ericmorton64527 жыл бұрын
Sealing Turtle99 such as?
@MyloXyloto946 жыл бұрын
Sealing Turtle99 Trump does a good enough job making himself look like a dumbass.
@baxtar19633 жыл бұрын
The innocence Project is a fantastic organization. The states that wrongfully convicted those people should have to pay them millions of dollars in restitution maybe they’ll think twice about shoddy investigatory work in the future
@Ivalene7 жыл бұрын
"If the glove don't fit you must acquit"
@theblukatlife7 жыл бұрын
Elexess Ashley Why do I see you everywhere!? Are you a bot? I see you in my twitter feed emails i see you in youtube videos. Everywhere 🤔 or you just watch what I watch?
@crogor17 жыл бұрын
Krizx600 has she gotten to your dreams if not it’s your only safe space
@VytenisR17 жыл бұрын
"if you think my top is cute you cannot execute"
@Jimba937 жыл бұрын
VytenisR1 I'm here if you need to talk.
@elliotterodriguez7 жыл бұрын
VytenisR1 Rick and Morty reference? 🤔
@StartupDivision7 жыл бұрын
awesome show John, Keep up the good work, this is what journalism sounds like, not airiing 24/7 news about a bozo in White House.
@rodneywarren19057 жыл бұрын
Actually I appreciate the constant updates on the depravity of our dictator and chief.
@Shiva1087 жыл бұрын
Rodney Warren Indeed! Better keep an very good eye on that character.
@katra7777 жыл бұрын
It was that bozo who hired Jeff Fucking Sessions.
@luminositymusic38107 жыл бұрын
Startup Division bozzo? Excuse me !! That is "The President!"... Show some respect for the office... you must "love" the president...we are his chosen people...
@PSqqp7 жыл бұрын
Luminositymusic Is this a joke? Some meme I'm not getting?
@AndreggvilJammer7 жыл бұрын
i want to see john oliver on fashion police
@adivhahomathivha18814 жыл бұрын
John never misses the chance to remind viewers that there is only one Olsen twin.
@kellychapman1903 жыл бұрын
I need her to come on the show and confirm this
@kirbwarriork33713 жыл бұрын
Rewatching the Flash and now I can't not imagine it every time I see her. I mean them. Yes, there's definitely two of them.
@medic70387 жыл бұрын
I was dismissed as a juror die to my medical background for a trial that sent someone to prison for a long time. I hope they got it right.
@brandonflare40487 жыл бұрын
:(
@rehman18337 жыл бұрын
Steve I present to you Exhibit A, which shows that "I" is right next to "U" on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Thus, I can say with a certain amount of scientific certainty that this was most probably a typo.
@TheInkblot1017 жыл бұрын
Did you miss the bit that this person was dismissed? As in, they didn't have a say in the verdict?
@TheWoodenBees7 жыл бұрын
lmao you don't read too well, do you?
@FauxFoxPaw6 жыл бұрын
steve Have you met many doctors? None of them can spell. Thats part of becoming a doctor lol.
@lyingpancake957 жыл бұрын
This is why I love this show. Every week presents new and interesting topics.
@sailorjupiter47 жыл бұрын
"we're indoors... fuck you!" lmAO
@heyysimone Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love when LWT does the end sketches about police or lawyers or any criminal/forensic field, that they use actors who have been pretty big characters in criminal tv shows. Like they keep using SVU cast and its amazing
@JarofBeesdotnet7 жыл бұрын
Dear HBO, please make Crime Scene Idiot happen. Or tell Netflix to make it happen or something.
@CNWhatImSaiyan7 жыл бұрын
If they can make a Jaden Smith Anime and a Magic School Bus sequel in cheap Flash, they can do this. Until they cancel it because of budgets.
@steampunkowl7 жыл бұрын
Yes! I thought I was the only one who thought that! Also, keep this cast. They are awesome.
@Geneforson7 жыл бұрын
*YES, OH PLEEEEEEEEEEASE YES ! ! !*
@gctypo28387 жыл бұрын
Well shit I thought you were talking about that boring-ass cat video.
@mohdmohtashim98417 жыл бұрын
That was the best ever episode of CSI I have ever watched.period
@feynstein10047 жыл бұрын
I already knew most of this thanks to Adam Ruins Everything. We need more shows like that.
@TykoBrian77 жыл бұрын
Feynstein 100 can't find the link!! 😥
@feynstein10047 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKqnfqJ9n7CphM0
@hellothere33717 жыл бұрын
Feynstein 100 Yeah but th show is garbage now,
@feynstein10047 жыл бұрын
+Hello There It is?
@hellothere33717 жыл бұрын
Feynstein 100 There have been a lot of poorly supported and downright incorrect claims. No joke, they are about to do an episode on why MSG is good for you
@2keyblades4 жыл бұрын
Actually the “CSI Effect” is an actual term and it was the first thing I learned in my introduction to forensics classes college
@EdgePatrol7 жыл бұрын
A&E just finished their documentary on the Scott Peterson case a little over a week ago. That is the perfect example of nearly everything discussed in this video. The prosecution had a personal bias that led to them zeroing in on Scott and ignoring every other possibility or lead. All of their evidence, which wasn't much, was circumstantial at best. Nothing they had proved he did anything. John didn't really discuss the impact the media has on cases, especially high profile ones. The media frenzy convicted Scott early on based on a bunch of bullshit, specifically Nancy Grace. If you haven't watched the documentary, I recommend it.
@luckeyducks8887 жыл бұрын
The Cincinnati Inquirer did a similar podcast about a 1978 murder in Oxford Ohio. The entire investigative team basically decided the boyfriend was guilty from the very beginning and didn't really bother to look into anyone else. And almost everyone who has worked on the case since is still convinced of his guilt. So much cognitive bias it hurts.
7 жыл бұрын
Is that...Li'l Sebastian at 18:20 ?! Or a cousin of his maybe ? Anyway, I would totally watch that show ! Five star cast for real !
@sugarhighmegaming50087 жыл бұрын
His name is LIL SEBASTIAN YOU philistine!!
7 жыл бұрын
My bad ! There, it's been edited. You're feeling better ;-) ?
@JuannieSavage7 жыл бұрын
Sugarhighme Gaming Gone but not forgotten.
@sugarhighmegaming50087 жыл бұрын
Trucs en Série yes actually.
7 жыл бұрын
To be honest, me too ;-) !
@Falcon5ive7 жыл бұрын
I love watching Late night shows, but I feel like you get smarter after watching John Oliver than the others. While Colbert, Seth Meyers and Bill Maher are entertaining and I love watching them, they have the same content, i.e., that days politics, while John Oliver actually does the investigative journalism to bring real issues to light which the mainstream media thinks won't make them enough money. Probably that's why it takes them a week to make a show rather than a knee jerk reaction to that days politics. Keep up the good work John Oliver and team.
@deansheldonpoirot0667 жыл бұрын
Sam Bee also does a lot of investigative journalism. She brought to light issues such as rape kits and child victims act, she talked about the federalist society recently, and she did reporting from Iraqi Kurdistan.
@fishma25 жыл бұрын
That trailer should become a new HBO series.
@duckmeister53857 жыл бұрын
Everybody knows a Trill is an alien species that joins symbiotically with a sentient parasite. Come on, John!
@cirrustate86747 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@MikeWaltonPro7 жыл бұрын
I'm with you.
@kohljackal7 жыл бұрын
It's not a Trill. It's a TRIBBLE. But close.
@cirrustate86747 жыл бұрын
Kohljakal, the word in the John Oliver video was Trill. Additionally, Trill is an alien species in Star Trek. Tribbles are the small fuzzy things from TOS, Trill are the joined symbiotic species from TNG and DS9, with Jadzia Dax being the most well known.
@AdrienneM137 жыл бұрын
This comment makes my life!! Also Joran Dax would make a good suspect on CSI lmao.
@ziljin7 жыл бұрын
I liked John Oliver sporting bangs in Community
@Andrew-tm3hv7 жыл бұрын
I would love to watch an episode of Monkey Law and Order
@CoolUsernameUSA7 жыл бұрын
Andrew Hong dun dun Wal-Mart Supercenter; Supermartket section- Produce Section The detective monkeys surround the scene of the crime; there was a heist 2 hours prior of all the bananas. Also the gang murdered a security guard. One of the detectives picked up a banana left behind by one of the perps. It has BITE MARKS! They took it back to the lab. TO BE CONTINUED
@PoderdoCosmos7 жыл бұрын
Andrew Hong the best joke on this episode 😎
@paulgarcia28877 жыл бұрын
They already have it on T.V it's called "caso cerrado"
@aNytmare7 жыл бұрын
I was really disappointed, that they didn't have a monkey from Monkey Law & Monkey Order as expert in CSI:Crime Scene Idiot
@the_bottomfragger7 жыл бұрын
Brian-84blizzle Same here, I just absolutely lost my shit in the train, got some weird stares. But at least I wasn't drinking coffee at that moment. John Oliver's facial expression just makes it even better.
@TrippinCozy4 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of how much I love 1.100.000.000pac's music
@cj40887 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh that is terrifying.
@bakerd1227 жыл бұрын
I love this show. I usually laugh at the jokes and enjoy them, but there was something so disturbing, inhumane, and even scary to think of innocent humans with years of their lives taken away. I couldn't laugh this time.
@HolyGround7777 жыл бұрын
David Baker same
@EdgePatrol7 жыл бұрын
David Baker Yeah. I just watched A&E's documentary on the Scott Peterson case and I was nauseated when the last episode ended. I'm 99.9% sure the media amd the prosecuters put an innocent man in prison. If you haven't watched it, do it. It's really good, but frustrating.
@starlycasablanca10627 жыл бұрын
Same here. The justice system in America is driven by so much greed. Trump isn’t really helping either since he’s taking a different approach by not seeing how damaging privatized prisons are. He recently removed an Obama era legislation that went against for-profit, privatized prisons.
@-Trauma.7 жыл бұрын
David Baker I feel you.
@georgea.5677 жыл бұрын
Damn hippie
@melissasaint32837 жыл бұрын
"Wait-- is that the bologna evidence?!"
@CesarGarcia-tt5lr6 жыл бұрын
"Now that's what I call..........dead meat" HAHAHA oh man that line had me rollin