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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI convicted a man on hair analysis. One of the hairs was dog hair.
But the FBI did the best they could, I'm sure.
The innocent black man served 28 years before a lab discovered the FBI analysis was "flawed."
http://fusion.net/story/123382/fbi-forensics-once-brought-dog-hair-to-a-mans-murder-trial-to-use-against-him/?utm_source=facebook
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FBI convicted a man on hair analysis. One of the hairs was dog hair. (Original Post)
Malraiders
Apr 2015
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No doubt that sort of forensic mastery helped them -always- get their man.
HereSince1628
Apr 2015
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Journeyman
(15,036 posts)1. Ain't that a bitch . . .
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)2. Institutionalized racism throughout the nation.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)3. No doubt that sort of forensic mastery helped them -always- get their man.
I'm sure Hoover would have been proud of them.
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)4. I wonder how much more of our government is a sham
Makes you wonder...
spanone
(135,844 posts)5. ...and how many were murdered by the states for their 'crimes' ?