A federal judge has dismissed or limited several of the claims in a $25 million lawsuit brought by a man who asserts that the Newport News police acted recklessly in getting him sentenced to life in prison more than 23 years ago.
Contacts:.The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Innocence Project, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) reported today that the FBI has concluded that the examiners testimony in at least 90 percent of trial transcripts the Bureau analyzed as part of its Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis Review contained erroneous statements.