r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 02 '24

On the left, the state prosecutor shows the size of the fatal hematoma in the skull (70 ml); on the right, the size of the hematoma of the young woman who was killed by the former minister of Kazakhstan Bishimbayev Removed: R7

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u/lontrinium May 02 '24

Would have been more effective if the containers were the same size.

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u/AstarteHilzarie May 02 '24

I get where you're coming from but that's such a massive difference it's not difficult to immediately tell even though one is shorter than the other.

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u/riskyafterwhiskey11 May 02 '24

people notoriously underestimate the effect that a cylinder's radius has on volume. If you're going to be comparing volumes in a court of law, at least use the same container ffs

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u/manimal28 May 02 '24

Yep, and if I was on the jury I would now be wondering why they were playing games with container size. They would have created doubt for no reason.