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USA: FBI COULD BE AT FAULT IN 27 DEATH ROW CASES

July 17, 2013: A Federal Bureau of Investigation review of more than 21,000 cases has revealed 27 death penalty cases in which the FBI's forensic experts may have exaggerated the scientific conclusions that could be drawn from their testimony, mistakenly linking defendants to crimes they may not have committed.
It is possible that some of these cases involve inmates who have already been executed. Under particular scrutiny is testimony regarding hair evidence. Although FBI laboratory reports have long stated that positive identifications could not be made through hair association, several agents testified that different hairs could be identified as coming from the same person with near certainty. The FBI is working with the Department of Justice, the Innocence Project, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to identify troublesome cases, and has agreed to notify both prosecutors and defendants if they find that agents made mistakes in testimony or reports.
The Department of Justice will also waive deadlines and other rules that restrict appeals and test DNA evidence if requested by a judge or prosecutor.
Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the Innocence Project, called the review a “major step forward to improve the criminal justice system and the rigor of forensic science in the United States.”
The review is still in its early stages, but has already led to a stay of execution for Willie Manning in Mississippi. In Manning's trial, an FBI agent had testified that a hair from the crime scene belonged to Manning. The FBI later admitted that the testimony "exceeded the limits of the science," and a stay of execution was granted. The problem is larger than just cases where FBI experts testifed.
The FBI has offered training to state forensic labs that may have led to other misinformation. Some state labs are reviewing cases involving hair evidence.
The Texas Forensic Science Commission directed all labs under its jurisdiction to review such cases. (Sources: Washington Post, 17/07/2013)

GEORGIA (USA): JUDGE UPHOLDS STAY OF HILL’S EXECUTION
TEXAS (USA): VAUGHN ROSS EXECUTED
SINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN ESCAPES GALLOWS AFTER SINGAPORE LAW REFORM
BANGLADESH: ISLAMIST LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
GAMBIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER CONVICT
TEXAS (USA): JOHN MANUEL QUINTANILLA EXECUTED
VIETNAM: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING, ADDING TO DEATH ROW WHILE EXECUTIONS DELAYED
INDIA: MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE CONVICT
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES SIX PEOPLE TO DEATH
BANGLADESH: GHULAM AZAM FOUND GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES
INDONESIA: JAKARTA INMATE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RUNNING ECSTASY RING FROM JAIL
GEORGIA (USA): WARREN HILL EXECUTION STAYED DUE TO LETHAL DRUG LAW
SAUDIS TORTURED IN IRAQI PRISONS
GAZA: COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER SUSPECT
CHINA: COURT EXECUTES MAN WITHOUT TELLING FAMILY
TEXAS. THE LAST WORDS OF EXECUTED PRISONERS
PAKISTAN: 400 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW WILL KNOW THEIR FATE
KENYA: FIVE MEN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
SAUDI ARABIA: 31 DEATH ROW PRISONERS PARDONED IN 8 MONTHS
NIGERIA: LAGOS URGES REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY
USA: AS OF MID-YEAR 2013, PACE OF EXECUTIONS CONTINUES TO DECLINE
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KERMANSHAH
PENNSYLVANIA (USA): SUPERIOR COURT PANEL AFFIRMS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MUMIA ABU JAMAL
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR
IRAN: THREE MORE HANGED IN ARDEBIL PRISON
IRAN: 21 PRISONERS HANGED
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO DIE IN COLLEGE GIRL RAPE, MURDER CASE
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-RAILWAY MINISTER
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE TO LIFE
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