They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

Photo caption: Russ Faria was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife after he called 911 to report her death. “For somebody to come up there to say I was faking just because they listened to the phone call,” he said, “I was really kind of appalled.” Photo credit: Greg Kahn, special to ProPublica. Article by Brett Murphy. ProPublica – December 28, 2022.

Tracing the fallacy of 911 call analysis through the justice system, from Quantico to the courtroom.

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 sounds like,” he once said. […]

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