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Forensic science evidence presented in court is often based on speculative research, subjective interpretations and inadequate quality control procedures, according to this report. Police need to be taken out of the laboratory, and the "crime labs" need to be taken out of the police station, with the goal of ensuring the scientific integrity of forensic science evidence. Neutrality and objectivity are as essential to preventing wrongful convictions and exonerating the innocent as they are to solving crimes and convicting the guilty. [Released February 2010]
NACDL calls upon the federal government to conduct a comprehensive review of cases in which potentially flawed forensic evidence was utilized, including but not limited to those in which microscopic or visual hair comparison evidence was admitted, and to make immediate and full disclosure of the use of such evidence to the prosecution, defendant, and defense counsel in each case, ........
Letter from NACDL Executive Director Norman L. Reimer and NACDL affiliates' leadership to FBI Director James Comey regarding the FBI's policy on recording custodial interrogations, especially for those suspected of felony offenses.
An article from Crime Laboratory Digest in 1986 reviewing fire investigation and the use of hair microscopy.
An article from the Journal of Forensic Science on the combining of the analytical methods of hair comparison and mitochondrial DNA sequencing.
A detailed lab report of collected and tested evidence from the FBI in a case of homicide.
An FBI analysis review document on the results of hair comparison analysis.
A collection of news articles on flawed hair comparison evidence from the Washington Post.
A presentation by the NACDL detailing the history, methods, and cases involving hair microscopy and comparison.
