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Statistical Analysis Solves Crimes

In 2014, Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested and convicted of murdering two hospital patients. Richard Gill, a statistician in the Netherlands, followed the case and became suspicious of the analysis used to convict her. Gill enlisted the help of Italian forensic statistician and ASA member Julia Mortera and, together, they secured an acquittal for Poggiali after … [Read more...] about Statistical Analysis Solves Crimes

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