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Faulty bullet-test cases finding way to court

2008 National Law Journal OnlinePage printed from: http://www.nlj.comBack to Article CRIMINAL LAW Faulty bullet-test cases finding way to courtVesna Jaksic / Staff reporterFebruary 25, 2008Martin Mcclain, a defense lawyer in Florida, says his client is on death row in large part due to unreliable science.Derrick Smith was found guilty of a 1983 homicide in a trial involving "bullet lead analysis," a method the FBI acknowledged in 2005 is invalid. Florida v. Smith, No. 83-02653-CFANO-I (Pinellas Co., Fla., Cir. Ct.).His case is a prime example of the kind that a new task force wants reviewed in hopes of reversing any wrongdoing that may have resulted from the faulty test. [NLJ, 4-4-05.]"We're passing that [case] to the FBI and asking them to look at it immediately," said Barry Scheck, one of the two coordinators of the Joint Comparative Bullet Lead Analysis Task Force, which was formed last November by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Innocence Network, a group of organizations providing services to those seeking to prove their innocence...continue to full post

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