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Full Title: Notification from the ASCLD/LAB Board of Directors to Interested Parties Concerning Potential Issues with Hair Comparison Testimony. A notification on hair comparison analysis made prior to 1999 when DNA testing started becoming implemented during microscopic hair comparison analyses.
An extensive document on the science of hair comparison analysis from the International Symposium on Forensic Hair Comparison in 1985 by the Laboratory Division of the FBI.
Full Title; Draft Guidelines for the Establishment of Quality Assurance Programs in the Forensic Comparison of Human Hair: Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Quality Assurance of the Committe on Forensic Hair Comparison A draft of guidelines for quality assurance in forensic hair comparison laboratories.
Official testimony by Andrew Podolak, FBI agent hair examiner.
A detailed lab report of collected and tested evidence from the FBI in a case of homicide.
An FBI analysis review document on the results of hair comparison analysis.
A collection of news articles on flawed hair comparison evidence from the Washington Post.
A presentation by the NACDL detailing the history, methods, and cases involving hair microscopy and comparison.
Brief of Amicus Curiae The Innocence Network and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant.
Memorandum in Support of Jurisdiction of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and The Innocence Network In Support of Defendant-Appellant Jeffrey Wogenstahl.
