My understanding is that his books contains a lot of weird factual errors like that, but it has been a long time since I looked into his books, so maybe I'm mis-remembering.
To me, the best (or most useful) book about this case would be one that explains some of the forensic stuff. I think there are a lot of misconceptions about DNA and fingerprint collecting. For example, a lot of people are surprised there were no fingerprints in the RAV4, but it is kinda hard to find usable fingerprints. It is not unheard of that police have to try a second time when printing someone recently arrested because the first time they got the person's prints didn't pan out so well. And that is in a police station under more or less ideal circumstances. Imagine how hard it is on a car with textured surfaces. Try finding a really clear print on the screen of your phone.
I feel like, at this point in the game, a book complaining about MaM is a waste of time as all the real, serious discussions have largely stopped relying on it in any meaningful way. It has been over a year since I watched MaM, I cannot remember what facial expressions they showed Lenk having to certain questions, I cannot remember which portions of the call were shown and which weren't. Complaining about those things feels like a distraction more than it feels constructive. There are a lot of really good books that could be written about the Halbach case, one focusing on what is in MaM and what isn't in MaM, is not one of them.
PS: Anyone who says "I'm all about First Amendment free expression, but..." Is not about free expression.
It's like saying "I'm not racist, but..." or "Now, domestic violence is wrong, but..."
PPS: In regards to Scrapping the current adversarial system, Bollocks.
He seems angry that the deck isn't stacked in favor of the prosecution enough. It is foolish to pretend the prosecution is the only one interested in the truth and I doubt the "continental" system is all that different.
