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FBI, Justice Department: forensic evidence flawed in scores of criminal cases
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Apr 20, 2015
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FBI, Justice Department: forensic evidence flawed in scores of criminal cases
The FBI says that its experts gave deeply flawed forensic testimony for more than two decades in criminal trials that could affect scores of cases.
A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen Aug. 3, 2007 inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, D.C.
A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen Aug. 3, 2007 inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, D.C.
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The FBI says that its experts gave deeply flawed forensic testimony for more than two decades in criminal trials that could affect scores of cases.

The FBI says that its experts gave deeply flawed forensic testimony for more than two decades in criminal trials that could affect scores of cases.

In the agency's microscopic hair comparison unit, for example, 26 of the 28 examiners overstated matches in ways that favored prosecutors.

It's prompted the nation's largest post-conviction review.

For more, we're joined by Laurie Levenson, professor at Loyola Law School.