They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.
by Brett Murphy, ProPublica
Tracy Harpster, a deputy police chief from suburban Dayton, Ohio, was hunting for praise. He had a business to promote: a miracle method to determine when 911 callers are actually guilty of the crimes they are reporting. “I know what a guilty father, mother or boyfriend ...