Crime Commission recommends deeper review of Mary Jane Burton’s work (VA)Read More
Trace Evidence
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Old-School Hair Analysis Is Junk Science. But It Still Keeps People Behind Bars
AG Stein defends science that sent innocent men to prison in interview
He Was Convicted of Raping Alice Sebold. Then the Case Unraveled.
51 prisoners will have their cases reviewed for potential wrongful convictions over hair analysis
NC State Crime Lab, Attorney General, Defends Exposed Forensic Science That Sent Innocent Men To Jail
Early review finds 900+ cases where debunked science was used by prosecutors
Bad science sent innocent men to prison. N.C. DOJ wouldn’t review other cases where it was used.
Trace Evidence Resources on forensicresources.org
As part of our mission to help North Carolina’s public defense community understand forensic science evidence and achieve better outcomes for clients, the office of the Forensic Resource Counsel continues our efforts to make information related to forensic science evidence more easily accessible to attorneys through this website. In that vein, we are pleased to …
Tribble v. U.S., 447 A.2d 766 (D.C. 1982).
Santae A. Tribble was convicted of killing a taxi driver in 1978. He spent 28 years in prison for a murder that he did not commit. Key evidence at his trial came from separate FBI experts who testified that their scientific analysis proved with near certainty that Tribble’s hair was at the crime scene. However, …
State v. Bridges, No. 90 CRS23102-04, 2015 WL 12670468 (N.C. Super. Ct. Oct. 1, 2015).
In North Carolina, Timothy Scott Bridges was serving life for the rape of an 83-year old woman in Charlotte, in May of 1990. The evidence used at trial was microscopy hair evidence. He was convicted by a jury in Mecklenburg County for the charges of first-degree rape, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to …
State v. Bridges, No. 90 CRS23102-04, 2015 WL 12670468 (N.C. Super. Ct. Oct. 1, 2015).Read More
Bridges Amicus Brief
Filed by the Innocent Network in support of the defendant.
Bridges Motion for Appropriate Relief Consent Order
Forensic Science Laboratory Manual and Workbook
Relevant Chapters Include: Experiment 8: Crime Scene Investigation: Safeguarding, Searching, Recognition, Documentation, Collection, Packaging, and Preservation of Physical Evidence Experiment 9: Trace Evidence Collection and Sorting Experiment 11: Examination of Human Hair Experiment 14: Examination of Trace Quantities of Synthetic Fibers