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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): A major look at the FBI's handling of forensic evidence is under way.
Yesterday, the Justice Department announced that it will conduct a review of thousands of criminal cases, dating back to 1985, where hair and fiber analysis led to convictions. The examinations were detailed in a front-page article in today's Washington Post.
Included were the stories of two men wrongfully convicted on flawed hair analysis. They have since been exonerated by DNA testing, one just yesterday.
The Justice Department review comes after The Washington Post identified those two men and others as part of a report on forensic errors by FBI labs.
National reporter Spencer Hsu wrote today's piece. And he joins us now from the Post newsroom.
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