Glor hi, everyone. Im jeff glor. Its a review of the fbi lab in washington that is opening eyes across the country and now it could reopen hundreds of criminal cases. 95 of cases looked at so far included flawed testimony that includes 32 Death Penalty cases. This weekend the fbi acknowledged mistakes and Jericka Duncan has details. Reporter before dna testing became prevalent the fbi relies heavily on visual analysis of evidence, sometimes building occasions on microscopic analysis of hair. But in 2012, federal officials launched an investigation after the Washington Post reported that flawed presentic hair matches might have led to the convictions of hundreds of people. A in a full report coming out tomorrow, the Innocence Project and the National Association of criminal defense lawyers will say that from the 1970s through 1999, 25 of 29 fbi forensic examiners made errors in their testimony impacting 257 cases. The reports will says, out of 18 executions, 12 of them had errors in eit
Restaurant parking lot. Police say several rival motorcycle gangs had gathered. Trouble apparently had been brewing between the gangs for weeks. Police say it began as a fistfight at the twin peaks restaurant in waco, then involved knives and guns. All of those killed nine, were bikers. We are told no innocent bystanders or officers were hurt. Police say they have called in extra resources tonight trying to keep that situation calm. Our other big story tonight, the Violent Storms moving across the midwest. Heres a look at the current updated radar. The main danger zone stretches from dallas to detroit. In broken arrow oklahoma carroll cole stood outside ba was left of her home after one tornado this weekend. More pictures of destruction came in from baton rouge louisiana. Manual bojorquez has more on this. Parts of mossby missouri are underwater today. Heavy downpours have left the town nearly engulfed by floodwaters. More than 100 people have been asked to leave under a voluntary evac
Axelrod good evening, i am jim axelrod. We begin with the verdict in the latest high profile case involving the use of deadly force by police on unarmed africanamerican suspects. In cleveland today, officer Michael Brelo was acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting death of two Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams two and a half years ago, this was a bench trial, meaning no jury this morning the judge rules ruled that when officer brelo fired 15 bullets into the car they were driving 15 directly at them from the hoo standing. Jury Jericka Duncan picks up the story. And the two, the judge odonnell it took him nearly an hour to explain a decision that he knew many people had been waiting for. And therefore finding bre flow using deadly force was a constitutionally reasonable response. It was a dramatic ending to a case that highlights the strained relationship in this country between African Americans and police. It was november 2012 when Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams led 62 Poli
Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. The nations deadliest Natural Disaster so far this year is not over yet. The floods in texas and oklahoma are now blamed for at least 28 deaths and sadly it probably wont stop there because 11 more people have been missing for a week in wimberly, texas, near austin. Today a slowmoving storm threatened to dump as much as five more inches of rain on central and south texas where rivers are still rising. We begin tonight with don dahler whos in carrolton, texas. Reporter for the second day, dallasarea residents woke up to storms. For the second day floodwaters surged on to roadways and into homes. And for the second day people had to be helped to reach dry land. The 100year flood ive heard it all my life. Reporter residents were evacuated from this trailer park north of dallas this afternoon. Its been an exhausting two days for first responders. Yesterday, hundreds of people had to be saved from the rapidly rising waters. A Police Officer was blocking
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