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Apr 22, 2015 · These included 268 trials that incorporated microscopic hair analysis, a pseudoscientific technique in which forensic experts use microscopes to “match” hairs found on crime scenes to defendants.
Apr 20, 2015 · The FBI and DOJ agreed to conduct a review of criminal cases involving microscopic hair analysis after the exoneration of three men convicted at least in part because of testimony by three...
May 6, 2016 · Microscopic hair comparison analysis, or hair microscopy as it is commonly called, became a major source of controversy following a trio of DNA exonerations in Washington DC from 2009-2012. All three defendants were convicted based on FBI hair microscopy evidence that DNA testing later proved wrong.
Apr 18, 2015 · Forensic hair matches were overstated in many cases heard before 2000, including those of 32 defendants sentenced to death, the FBI and the Justice Department acknowledged after a review.
Apr 20, 2015 · The agencies agreed to undertake the review after three men who had served lengthy prison sentences were exonerated by DNA testing in cases in which three different FBI hair examiners provided testimony which exceeded the limits of science and contributed to their wrongful convictions.
Dec 12, 2015 · More than 200 women from 40 states are involved in the class-action lawsuit, which has been filed in California Federal Court against Wen by Chaz Dean and infomercial powerhouse Guthy-Renker.
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Apr 1, 2020 · The complaints recall those made against Wen Hair Care, products by the celebrity stylist Chaz Dean, in 2016, when hundreds of people joined a class-action lawsuit claiming that the company’s...
