FBI investigators overstated evidence against criminals
Clip: 4/18/2015 | 3m 14s
Spencer Hsu of The Washington Post discusses overstated forensic evidence from trials.
The Justice Department and FBI formally acknowledged that FBI forensic investigators routinely gave flawed testimony overstating evidence against criminal defendants during the 1980s and 1990s. In more than a dozen cases, defendants were later executed or died in prison. Spencer Hsu of The Washington Post joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to discuss.
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FBI investigators overstated evidence against criminals
Clip: 4/18/2015 | 3m 14s
The Justice Department and FBI formally acknowledged that FBI forensic investigators routinely gave flawed testimony overstating evidence against criminal defendants during the 1980s and 1990s. In more than a dozen cases, defendants were later executed or died in prison. Spencer Hsu of The Washington Post joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to discuss.
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