Download This PaperMicroscopic Hair Comparison and Convicting the Innocent
100 Pages Posted: 21 Dec 2023
Date Written: December 15, 2023
Abstract
This report used data from the National Registry Exonerations to complete the first study that compares the findings of the FBI review of microscopic hair comparison evidence to evidence given by state and local experts. This report is also the first analysis of microscopic hair comparison evidence in all known exoneration cases in the United States (as opposed to only DNA exoneration cases).
Keywords: forensic, hair, exoneration, wrongful conviction, evidence
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Registry of Exonerations, National and Cole, Simon A. and Weinstock Paredes, Jessica and Possley, Maurice and Otterbourg, Ken, Microscopic Hair Comparison and Convicting the Innocent (December 15, 2023). UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4668227
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