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FBI Admits Faulty Hair Match Testimony

With federal officials’ acknowledgment that nearly an entire unit of FBI forensic examiners overstated testimony about hair matches for decades, legal analysts say the question now is how courts and prosecutors will respond to criminal convictions that may have relied on such evidence. Read more at the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/after-fbi-admits-overstating-forensic-hair-matches-focus-turns-to-cases/2015/04/20/a846aca8-e766-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announces overstatement of forensic hair matches in hundreds of cases over two decades.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announces overstatement of forensic hair matches in hundreds of cases over two decades.