FBI admits that ALL its forensic experts exaggerated hair evidence at every criminal trial

[donnay]

Oops.

FBI admits that ALL its forensic experts exaggerated hair evidence at every criminal trial for nearly 20 years

By Wills Robinson

The FBI and Justice Department have admitted forensic examiners from a DNA unit gave flawed evidence at nearly all United States criminal trials spanning 20 years.

It has been reported that 26 employees in the agency's microscopic hair comparison laboratory overstated forensic matches so they favored prosecutors in the 1980s and 1990s.

Research involving the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Innocence Project say that 95 per cent of 268 trials reviewed had been impacted.

The Washington Post reported that of the 200 convictions affected, 32 defendants were sentenced to death - 14 of which have since been executed or died behind bars.

Those who are still alive have been sent letters explaining the errors and how they can used further DNA testing to prove the evidence.

The mistakes do not automatically prove the convict's innocence.

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[tod evans]

The mistakes do not automatically prove the convict's innocence.

No but they DO prove malice on the part of government and her agents.

I'd like to suggest that every prosecutor involved be required to provide private legal counsel of the convict's choice out of his own pocket, no public-pretenders and no tax-dollars.

[phill4paul]

No but they DO prove malice on the part of government and her agents.

I'd like to suggest that every prosecutor involved be required to provide private legal counsel of the convict's choice out of his own pocket, no public-pretenders and no tax-dollars.

And they do prove criminal negligence under color of law. Some rat bastards should be in prison but not a thing will be done.

[tod evans]

And they do prove criminal negligence under color of law. Some rat bastards should be in prison but not a thing will be done.

And this is why every government employee's home address and familial ties must be public record....