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The expanded class of cases will cover pattern-based evidence such as tracing the impressions that guns leave on bullets, shoe treads, fibers, soil and other crime-scene evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Sally Yates clarified that the review of these cases would not be motivated by concerns about testimony in these disciplines, but rather as &#8220;good operating procedure.&#8221; This announcement comes following general concern about the degree to certainty forensic exerts expresss; &#8220;examiners had long claimed to be able to match pattern evidence to a source with &#8216;absolute&#8217; or &#8216;scientific certainty,&#8217; only DNA analysis had been validated through statistical research.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced that the Justice Department will go further than reviewing forensic testimony in only hair analysis cases. 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