Criminal
May 1, 2015
Hair analysis reliability often overstated
It's powerful evidence when a jury hears an FBI agent on the stand saying the defendant's hair matches hair from the crime scene. But as Justin Brooks of the California Innocence Project explains, it's not enough to be science.
It's powerful evidence when a jury hears an FBI agent testify under oath that a defendant's hair matches hair from the crime scene. It could even be enough to secure a conviction. But as Justin Brooks of the California Innocence Project explains, it's not enough to be science.
"What you basically have is an analyst looking at a microscope at a piece of hair from someone's head and a piece of hair from a crime scene and saying that ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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