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      <title>FBI Admits Flaws in Hair Analysis over Decades by Alexis Semon</title>
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         <title>Flawed Forensic Hair Testimony from the FBI Lab</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. The FBI has identified for roughly 2,500 cases in which the FBI<br>2. 342 defendants cases have been completed. About 1,200 cases remain including 700 in which police or prosecutors haven't responded to requests for trial transcriptions or other information <br>3. FBI examiners gave flawed forensic testimony in 257 of those 268 trials, or more than 95%<br>4. There have been 32 death-penalty cases with flawed forensic testimony.<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-04-12 15:01:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Recently the Justice Department and FBI have acknowledged that since a two-decade period before 2000 nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony regarding hair analysis in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants. In 2012 Federal authorities launched an investigation after <em>The Washington Post</em> reported that flawed forensics hair matches might have led to the convictions of hundreds of potentially innocent people since at least the 1970's. The FBI has reviewed 350 trial testimonies and 900 lab reports and still have about 1,200 cases remaining. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-04-12 15:12:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <pubDate>2019-04-12 15:33:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Flawed Forensics: Wrong by a Hair</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This article is about Richard Beranek being responsible for the rape of a 28-year-old mother of two. Richard Beranek was living 130 miles away from and had no ties to the community. He was considered a suspect because laws enforcement thought Beranek resembled a composite sketch of the suspect in the rape case. The women picked Beranek out of a group of photos and picked him out of a live lineup. She was almost certain is was him. Later on FBI analyst Wayne Oakes concluded that a hair found in the underwear left by the rapist was a "match" to Beranek's hair. At the time of this analysis the FBI knew microscopic hair comparison had limitations. Even multiple witnesses testified that Beranek was hundreds of miles away. On May 17, 2018, Judge Moeser granted the motion to dismiss the charges against Richard</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-04-12 15:36:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Question:</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Do you believe the "flawed testimony" given by FBI witnesses rises to the level of misconduct?<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-04-12 15:41:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <pubDate>2019-04-17 19:44:42 UTC</pubDate>
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