Federal officials are reviewing convictions based on potentially flawed hair sample lab analysis.
The concern surfaced when The Washington Post reported two cases where men were convicted based on faulty hair sample tests by the FBI lab.
The Innocence Project, an advocacy group that works to exonerate wrongly convicted persons, will provide an independent, third-party oversight of the review. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers will also assist in the review.
The effort is “a step in the right direction,” said Michael R. Bromwich, a former Justice Department inspector general, quoted in an AP report.
