OK, call me cynical if you will, but I am familiar enough with science-on-demand and the vast electoral advantage to Democrats of tapping the felon vote that I think this is a sign that President Obama intends to grant mass pardons after the election and before the inauguration of his successor.  Terry McAuliffe already did it in a critical swing state.  But now there can be a patina of science added to the propaganda mix.  From Ars Technica: Last year, the US Department of Justice released a report that involved some painful self-examination. The DOJ looked at its own performance when it came to the analysis of hair samples—these were once used to identify potential suspects, but the FBI discontinued that practice in 1996. In looking over past cases, however, the feds discovered that agents had systematically overstated the method's accuracy in court, including at least 35 death penalty cases. Now, in response to this and other...(Read Full Post)