For years, the FBI used a technique called comparative bullet-lead analysis to match bullets found at crime scenes to ammo found in a suspect's gun or cartridge box. Only the bureau stopped using the method in 2005 because they were worried it wasn't accurate enough.
Which means hundreds of cases could be opened up for reconsideration, the Washington Post and 60 Minutes report.
The National Academy of Sciences has come out and stated that this technique was deemed “unreliable and potentially misleading” in 2004. The FBI though has not yet made this known to defendants whom were affected by its faulty behavior.
The courts have also not yet been notified of the defective test. The FBI stopped using the technique back in 2005 but after they stopped using it the big problem lies in the fact that they have yet to go back and try to find out where errors were made.
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