Mathematics in the Courtroom, Ray Hill | LMS Popular Lectures 2013

In this talk, Ray Hill examines the role of coincidence, probability and statistics in criminal trials:

- Do juries underestimate the true chances of coincidence?
- How should mathematical evidence be presented in court?
- What are the “prosecutor’s fallacy”, “defendant’s fallacy” and “jury observation fallacy”?

These are some of the questions he considers, with reference to cases involving DNA evidence, psychological profiling, and multiple sudden infant deaths.

In particular, he considers the safety of the verdicts in some high-profile cases such as those of James Hanratty, OJ Simpson, Stefan Kiszco, Barry George, Sally Clark, and Harold Shipman.

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