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The man who was jailed for 22 years – on the fantasy evidence of a single hair

Posted: 24 Jun 2015, 02:58
by Pedro-NF
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The man who was jailed for 22 years – on the fantasy evidence of a single hair

Kirk Odom spent 31 years in prison and on parole after pseudoscientific analysis that has finally been discredited. Now the FBI admits it was wrong – in Odom's case, and many thousands like it.

Re: The man who was jailed for 22 years – on the fantasy evidence of a single hair

Posted: 24 Jun 2015, 05:07
by Pedro-NF
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Thirty years in jail for a single hair: the FBI's mass disaster of false conviction

A "dirty bomb" of pseudo-science wrapped up nearly 268 cases – perhaps hundreds more. Now begins the herculean effort to right the wrongs.