#394 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Hair Microscopy Evidence

#394 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Hair Microscopy Evidence

Even when examined under a microscope, the similarities that can be observed between two hairs are open to wide interpretation, there are no definitive traits that can prove with any scientific certainty that a suspect’s hair matches a hair found at a crime scene. Yet hair comparison analysis was still being used to falsely identify and convict innocent people up until the year 2000 and people are still incarcerated who were convicted based on this false evidence.

So how did this evidence get admitted into courts in the first place?

Josh Dubin speaks with Vanessa Antoun, Senior Resource Counsel at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) to learn about Hair Microscopy Evidence.

Kate Judson, Executive Director of the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, updates Josh Dubin's Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science.

To learn more and get involved, please visit:

https://cifsjustice.org/donate/

https://www.nacdl.org/

https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/junk-science

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