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Superior Court for the District of Columbia Criminal Division - Felony Division: United States of America v. [John Doe] Levick Motion to Vacate
Full Title: FBI Testimony on Microscopic Hair Analysis Contained Errors in at Least 90 Percent of Cases in Ongoing Review. A report about how approximately 90% of hair comparison examiners' testimonies that were analyzed by the FBI contained erroneous statements.
A 1977 publication from the FBI illustrating a detailed guide on the use of microscopic hair comparison analysis techniques.
A report from the Central Forensic Laboratory in Canada in 1985 on the advances that were being made in the field of hair microscopy.
Full Title: Presentation of the Forensic Science Discipline Framework to the National Commission on Forensic Science. A PowerPoint presentation on the disciplines used in forensic science and the principles of the Forensic Science Discipline Review.
A collection of excerpts from the Microscopy of Hair: A Practical Guide and Manual.
A document from the FBI on what categorizes hair comparison analysis data as "exceeding the limits of science", rendering it inadmissible as evidence.
Parts 1 and 2 of articles by Douglas W. Deedrick and Sandra L. Koch on microscopic hair comparison from Forensic Science Communications.
An article from Forensic Science Communications by unit chief of the FBI's trace evidence unit on hair evidence and hair microscopy.
A letter from James Baker, FBI General Counsel on the error types within microscopic hair comparison analysis.
A letter from DOJ Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik on the review of historical cases in which microscopic hair comparison anlaysis being used to testify and convict.
US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Western Division: United States of America v. MacDonald [Affidavit of Joseph A. Dizinno]
A 1985 detailed report from the FBI Laboratory on the training of forensic hair examiners and what they look for during analyses.
A letter from FBI director James B. Comey on hair comparison analysis being used to convict individuals who were later exonerated after DNA testing. [Both documents hold the same content, one is addressed to the governor of Florida].
In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division: State of North Carolina v. Bridges
