TIL an FBI whistleblower reported multiple problems in forensic cases. After years of the FBI seeking to ruin him, his claims were investigated and a report showed that forensic hair analysis was flawed or inaccurate over 90% of the time.

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TIL an FBI whistleblower reported multiple problems in forensic cases. After years of the FBI seeking to ruin him, his claims were investigated and a report showed that forensic hair analysis was flawed or inaccurate over 90% of the time. (whistleblowersblog.org)

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I don't doubt this information about FBI hair analysis.

What I do doubt is DNA analysis. It's been used to let obvious murderers go scot-free. The presumption is that it is infallable, but clearly it is not.

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