Now when will they investigate Noel Herold?
FBI report to show errors affected hundreds of cases
ByCBS NewsApril 19, 2015
Before DNA testing became prevalent, the FBI relied heavily on visual analysis of evidence, sometimes building cases on microscopic analysis of hair.
But in 2012, federal officials launched an investigation after the Washington Post reported that flawed forensic hair matches might have led to the convictions of hundreds of innocent people.
In a full report coming out Monday, the Innocence Project and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers will say that from the 1970s through 1999, 25 of 29 FBI forensic examiners had errors in their testimony — impacting 257 cases.
The report also says out of 18 executions, 12 of them had errors in either testimony or lab reports.
Innocence Project co-founder Peter Neufeld says this could mean hundreds of appeals nationwide.
“The first order of business, frankly, is the FBI and DOJ has to redouble their efforts to get the transcripts of the hundreds and hundreds of cases of people where FBI agents gave exaggerated testimony,” said Neufeld.
The Justice Department issued a statement saying: “the Department and the FBI are committed to ensuring that affected defendants are notified of past errors and that justice is done in every instance.”
“The question is why this was permitted to continue,” said Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal. “And that’s a question the FBI has to answer after an investigation, a systemic analysis of the root causes. Why did it happen?”
Not all the cases depend heavily on the flawed hair match analysis which will make it more difficult for some to appeal their cases.
I have an idea that will save years of time and millions of dollars for researching the effected cases. Just let all of the people out of jail who had lab work done by any of the 25 forensic examiners. Find out which FBI agents were lying on the stand, and let ALL of the prisoners go free if these agents testified against the prisoners. And for the 12 people who were wrongfully executed due to government error and/or lies at testimony, let the government pay each family 20 (or more) million dollars.
Documented Crooked Judge R. Bryan Harwell. Documented corrupt bogus F.B.I. former agent Noel Harold. Untruthful statements by govt. lawyers Linderman, Brunner and Ballard. Now the simple question–why is this legal travesty still going on? Everything is documented and the high paid-low life scumbags are still collecting our taxpayer money defending this cluster—- situation in our court system. What is wrong with this picture?