Study Shows Experts Gave Flawed Testimony

The Virginia Law Review study, released today, was written by Brandon L. Garrett, a law professor at the University of Virginia, and Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the Innocence Project. It examined 137 trials in which transcripts exist and forensic experts testified for the prosecution.

The cases are among 233 from across the country, 10 in Virginia, in which DNA has proved innocent people who were wrongfully convicted.

Garrett said that in 60 percent of the cases -- 82 of 137 -- in which forensic-expert testimony was available, they gave testimony overstating the evidence.

Forensic experts gave flawed testimony in 4 Virginia cases in '80s, study finds

Here's a great book about wrongful convictions in Virgina: The Innocence Commission By Jon B. Gould

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