FBI forensic review could free thousands of prisoners

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22055-fbi-forensic-review-could-free-thousands-of-prisoners.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Thousands of people jailed on the basis of forensic evidence could walk free as the US criminal justice system looks to bring forensics in line with modern science.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Department of Justice announced this week that they will review more than 10,000 criminal cases dating back to 1985. These are instances in which guilty verdicts were based on forensic hair and fibre analyses, along with other methods that no longer stand up to scientific scrutiny...............