Post: #1

This man was wrongfully locked up for 26 years because of the FBI.

Article here.

Quote:The hearing came as Machen’s office nears the end of a 2-1 / 2 year review of all local convictions involving FBI hair matches that was launched in 2012 after demands by the D.C. Public Defender Service. The service has worked to exonerate four men convicted by such matches since 2009. And the troubling problems exposed in the FBI lab’s methods have led the FBI and Justice Department to undertake a nationwide review of more than 2,100 convictions in the 1980s and 1990s.

Martin’s is the first exoneration uncovered by District prosecutors, who also say it is the only one found by the local review. PDS praised the effort to clear Martin’s name but criticized the U.S. Attorney’s Office review as secretive and the disclosure of results as incomplete and overdue.

Seems like there's more exonerations to go.

Post: #2

I can't imagine any worse nightmare than being incarcerated for something you didn't do. It's the definition of hell itself.

Luckily these cases are rare. We hope.