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Washington Police Scientists' Work Under Scrutiny
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2003, page 10
Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW) is undertaking a review of cases in which Washington State Patrol scientists Arnold Melnikoff and Michael Hoover conducted forensic testing or offered expert testimony. It was recently revealed that Melnikoff engaged in scientific fraud during his tenure as the director and hair examiner for the Montana ...
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