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Reminds me of the case of when a man was wrongfully convicted by expert testimony placing them at the scene by hair microscopy. He spent 30 years in prison: >
by ajdude 3y ago
Reminds me of the case of when a man was wrongfully convicted by expert testimony placing them at the scene by hair microscopy. He spent 30 years in prison:
> In Tribble’s case, the FBI agent testified at trial that the hair from the stocking matched Tribble’s “in all microscopic characteristics.”
> In closing arguments, federal prosecutor David Stanley went further: “There is one chance, perhaps for all we know, in 10 million that it could [be] someone else’s hair.”
It was dog hair.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/dc-judge-exonerates-santae-tribble-of-1978-murder-based-on-dna-hair-test/2012/12/14/da71ce00-d02c-11e1-b630-190a983a2e0d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/dc-judge-exonerat...
- P_I_Staker 3y ago> “There is one chance, perhaps for all we know, in 10 million that it could [be] someone else’s hair.” This has to be wildly illegal. "perhaps for all we know", followed by a concrete number.