Convictions linked to FBI lab's suspect forensics

Following a 1997 misconduct scandal at the FBI Laboratory, a Justice Department task force commissioned secret scientific assessments of suspect forensic work in about 250 convictions nationwide. The department never identified cases reviewed. State and federal prosecutors, who were given results, often did not share them with courts, defendants or their counsel.

A Washington Post investigation identified defendants in these 137 reviewed cases. Links at right lead to review results obtained in Freedom of Information Act requests.

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Not disclosed (107)
Disclosed (30)

Defendant was executed

No documentation of disclosure

Defendant learned independently

Defendant died

Defendant given non-specific information

Year	Plaintiff	Defendant	Offense	Sentence
1985	US (VI)	Abednego Cecil Abenego	Aggravated sexual assault	12 years 6 months	N
1972	CT	Aillon Guillermo Aillon	Homicide	75 years to life	N
1992	TN	Alexander David S. Alexander	Burglary•	8 years	N
1984	FL	Ammaz Louis S. Ammaz	Sexual battery	7 years	N
1982	AK	Anahonak Steven Anahonak	Sexual assault	2 years	N
1985	MS	Armstead Roosevelt D. Armstead	Burglary	15 years	N
1983	NJ	Arroyo Miguel Arroyo Helmer Valencia Hidarraga Edwin Pantoja	Homicide•		N
1985	CA	Bender Jr. George Bender Columbus Bender Jr.	Burglary Accessory	5 years 8 months	N
1983	AK	Betzner George Betzner Daniel Medwin Peter Lindsay	Robbery Robbery Larceny	9 years 6 months 5 years Probation	N
1979	FL	Bostic Dwayne Bostic	Burglary•	5 years	N
1990	ME	Boutin Darlene J. Boutin	Homicide•	27 months	N
1985	TX	Boyle Benjamin H. Boyle	Homicide	Death	3
1983	AK	Bridegan Jay Bridegan	Sexual assault	8 years	N
1987	AK	Briggs John M. Briggs	Homicide•	5 years	N
1984	SC	Brooks Roy D. Brooks	Homicide	Life	N
1989	MD	Bryant David T. Bryant Sr.	Sexual assault	Life	X
1985	US (NE)	Buckley Robert Buckley	Sexual assault•	5 years probation	N
1983	SC	Campbell Clifton J. Campbell	Homicide	Life	N
1985	US (MO)	Carter Herman Carter	Homicide	30 years	N
1992	MD	Clark Hadden L. Clark	Homicide	30 years	N
1982	FL	Cook Douglas Earl Cook	Aggravated battery	15 years	N
1992	TN	Cresong Mickey Cresong	Aggravated sexual assault	25 years	4
1981	DE	Crump Benjamin Crump	Sexual assault, kidnapping	Life	N
	US (MT)	Daniels Ray W. Daniels	Drug importation	7 years	N
1986	AK	DeAlexandro Patrick DeAlexandro Scot McGonegal David Urquhart Timothy White	Evidence tampering, misconduct with a controlled substance•	27 months 1 year 6 months Probation	N
1990	DE	Dennard Peggy J. Dennard	Homicide	10 years	N
1985	IL	Dugan Brian J. Dugan	Homicide	Life	N
1989	ME	Eldridge Woodbury Eldridge	Attempted sexual misconduct	3 years	N
1981	FL	Faulkner Donald Faulkner	Cruelty toward child, aggravated abuse	10 years	N
1982	PA	Fenstermacher William Fenstermacher	Attempted sexual assault	5 to 10 years	X
1980	OH	Gall Jack M. Gall	Kidnapping	7 to 25 years	N
1987	US (DC)	Garay Jose Del Carmen Alberto Garay	Theft	Time served	N
1981	US (DC)	Gates Donald E. Gates	Homicide, sexual assault	20 years to life	Z
1984	WA	Giffing Ronald E. Giffing	Homicide	26 years	N
1988	TX	Gilliam Thomas L. Gilliam	Homicide, kidnapping	Life	N
1993	US (Navy)	Goins Anthony Goins	Homicide	35 years	N
	US (AR)	Gray Steve Gray	Bank robbery•		N
1983	FL	Gunn Gregory F. Gunn Joette J. Davis	Homicide	25 years to life 12 years	N
	US (MD)	Haaff Eric Haaff			N
1987	CNMI	Hanada Hideki Hanada Koichi Yoneda Young Il Choi aka Eeichi Kawano	Homicide Homicide Principal to homicide		N
1983	AK	Hanson John E. Hanson Jr.	Sexual assault	10 years	N
1986	NC	Hudson Jimmy D. Hudson	Homicide	Life	X
1981	AK	Huf Jay Huf	Sexual assault, burglary	6 years	N
1981	MD	Huffington John N. Huffington	Homicide	Life	X
1980	MS	Hyde Anthony Hyde	Sexual assault	25 years	N
1987	MD	Icgoren Nuri T. Icgoren	Homicide	Life	N
1983	NM	Jacobs Bryson A. Jacobs	Aggravated burglary		N
1981	SD	Jacox Darrel Jacox	Sexual assault•	4 years	N
	AK	Johnson Reuben D. Johnson			N
1992	UT	Kelley Ronald L. Kelley	Homicide	Life	N
1979	AK	Kingosak Jimmy C. Kingosak	Sexual assault	3 years	N
	MD	Kosmas Stanley Kosmas	Homicide•	20 years	N
1979	AK	Koutchak Freddie A. Koutchak	Homicide	10 years	N
1982	AK	Lambert Newton P. Lambert	Homicide	99 years	Z
	NC	Lewis James A. Lewis	Sexual assault•	7 to 35 years	N
1986	LA	Magouirk Kenneth W. Magouirk	Homicide	21 years labor	N
1983	FL	Malone Henry K. Malone	Sexual battery	5 years	N
	OR	Marca Bradley Marca			N
1983	FL	Martino Joseph G. Martino	Sexual battery•	4 years probation	N
1985	TN	McGhee George L. McGhee George Washington	Homicide	Life 35 years	X
1982	FL	McGowan Thomas E. McGowan	Sexual battery, burglary•	10 years	N
	MD	McInturff Paul K. McInturff	Homicide	Life	N
1982	US (MN)	McIvor Donald L. McIvor	Kidnapping	Life	N
1991	FL	Milford Robert A. Milford	Homicide, attempted murder, arson, armed robbery, grand theft auto, grand theft•	Life	N
1990	FL	Mills Gary L. Mills	Sexual battery	7 years	N
	US (LA)	Minor Adolph L. Minor	Sexual assault•		N
	US (NM)	Morgan Wayne J. Morgan	Homicide	7 years	N
1986	TN	Morris Sam L. Morris	Kidnapping, Sexual assault•	1 year	N
1985	US (DC)	Nelson Derrie A. Nelson	Homicide, related charges	20 years to life	N
	US (MT)	No Runner Harold J. No Runner			N
1982	AK	O'Rear David R. O'Rear	Sexual assault•	3 years	N
1988	OH	Oswalt Charles Oswalt	Homicide	10 to 25 years	Z
1983	ME	Pallitto Richard S. Pallito	Homicide	35 years	N
1984	SC	Peake Allen S. Peake	Homicide	Time served	X
	AK	Peltola Ronald T. Peltola			N
1990	FL	Perez Augustine D. Perez	Homicide	Life	N
1979	US (WI)	Phillips George T. Phillips Dennis Wieneke Joey Clendenny	Kidnapping, interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, Mann Act	Life Life 25 years	N
1985	NJ	Pittman Donald C. Pittman	Sexual assault•	7 years	N
1982	US (DC)	Plater Darryl C. Plater Jr. Ray R. McLamore Thomas Smith Terrance Hanford	Armed sexual assault, sodomy, burglary•	15 to 45 years 15 to 45 years Unknown 25 years	N
	SC	Poindexter Randy W. Poindexter			N
	US (TN)	Pulliam James R. Pulliam			N
1989	MD	Ranson Gerald M. Ranson	Bank robbery•	7 years	N
1991	NH	Reynolds Dwight Reynolds	Burglary•	3-1/2 to 10 years	N
1985	TN	Rutledge David L. Rutledge	Sexual assault, kidnapping, crime against nature, assault with intent to commit first degree murder	25 years	N
1982	FL	Scarborough Larry Scarborough	Sexual battery•	3 years	N
1982	NH	Sefton Scott Sefton	Leaving scene of an automobile accident		N
	SD	Shaw, Stordahl Jonathan Shaw	Homicide	Life	N
1990	FL	Smith John W. Smith	Homicide	15 years	X
	PA	Smith Mitchell K. Smith			N
1986	SC	Stackhouse Anthony H. Stackhouse	Attempted sexual assault, burglary	50 years	N
1982	FL	Stinyard Charles Stinyard	Homicide, robbery, kidnapping	99 years	N
1982	US (ID)	Stone LeBurn Stone	Lewd and lascivious behavior	15 years	N
1989	AR	Strawhacker Lonnie D. Strawhacker	Sexual assault and battery	Life	X
1987	PA	Taft Randy Taft	Homicide	Life	X
1984	US (DC)	Terry Walter H. Terry	Reduced charges	10 to 30 years	N
1982 1983	FL	Thomas Curtis Lee Thomas	Sexual battery	Life	X
1988	FL	Thompson Kevin W. Thompson	Homicide	Life	X
1989	FL	Tibbetts Darold N. Tibbetts	Homicide	30 years	X
1980	CO	Tolerton Kenyon B. Tolerton	Homicide	10 years	N
1990	FL	Torres Felix Cruz Torres	Homicide	17 years	Z
	DE	Ward Stephanie Ward			N
1987	DE	Waterman Jerome Waterman	Burglarly, sexual assault	70 years	N
1983	AK	Wilkie Jeffrey C. Wilkie	Sexual assault•	8 years	N
	US (AR)	Wilson Andre Wilson			N
1988	SD	Wright Betty D. Wright	Arson	10 years	N
	FL	Yelton Jill L. Yelton			N
1979	FL	Zografos Ioannis John Zografos	Conspiracy to import controlled substance	5 years probation	N

Documented disclosure with explanation

Without explanation or name

Prosecutor says disclosure made

Maybe, unclear what was disclosed

Year	Plaintiff	Defendant	Offense	Sentence
1978	CT	Asherman Steven M. Asherman	Homicide•	7 to 14 years	6
1983	FL	Bard James P. Bard	Homicide	7 years	7
1993	FL	Bell Willie D. Bell	Sexual assault•	4 years 6 months	7
1988	RI	Bleau Carlton J. Bleau	Sexual assault	55 years	6
1991	FL	Bogle Brett Bogle	Homicide	Death penalty	6
1991	US (DC)	Bragdon Anthony Bragdon	Attempted sexual assault while armed	15 years	6
1982	NC	Bridger Franklin Bridger aka Graham Franklin Bridgers	Arson•	27 years	7
1983	FL	Brown Timothy E. Brown aka Timothy Williams	Homicide, burglary	32 years	9
1991	TX	Carson Claude Carson	Homicide	10 years	6
1985	NY	DiLorenzo Alfred DiLorenzo	Homicide	25 years to life	6
1990	FL	Dolan Michael J Dolan	Sexual assault•	22 years	7
1988	FL	Frame Brian K. Perkins John M. Frame	Armed robbery•	22 years 22 years	9
1989	FL	Grady Isaiah Grady	Sexual battery, aggravated assault, robbery	Life	9
1985	TN	Irick Billy Irick	Homicide, sexual assault	Death penalty	7
	TN	Jackson James Jackson	Aggravated sexual assault	20 years	6
1986	CA	Jones Brian M. Jones	Homicide	Death	U
1982-84	FL	Jones Austin G. Jones aka James Wilmouth	Sexual battery, sexual assault•	10 years	9
1993	FL	Kohut Mark Kohut Charles Rourk Jeff Pellett	Kidnapping, armed robbery, attempted homicide Kidnapping, armed robbery, attempted homicide Accessory to kidnapping, armed robbery, attempted homi	Life Life 78 months	6
1983-84	FL	Long Robert Joe Long	Homicides, sexual assaults	Life	6
1984	FL	McLendon Dwayne R. McLendon	Sexual assault	33 years	9
	MD	Page Tyrone Page Jerome Page	Homicide, sexual assault•		6
1985	FL	Pate Stephen M. Pate	Kidnapping, sexual assault, sexual battery•	27 years	U
1988	FL	Pilgrim Jr. Walter Pilgrim Jr.	Homicide, arson, armed robbery	Life	6
1988	FL	Reutter David M. Reutter	Homicide	Life	6
1985	FL	Shepard Clayborn Shepard	Sexual battery, kidnapping	12 years	6
1992	FL	Sheren David T. Sheren Georgia R. Miller	Homicide	50 years 50 years	6
1986	US (CA)	Small and Pilaski Shaun Small Peter K. Pilaski			6
1984	FL	Smith Nathan R. Smith	Manslaughter	3 years	7
1977	AK	Spencer Rick H. Spencer	Homicide	99 years	7
1988	WA	Sugatch Alex Sugatch	Sexual assault•	16 years	6

SOURCE: Washington Post and National Whistleblowers Center analysis of records of the U.S. Department of Justice Task Force on the FBI Laboratory obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
GRAPHIC: Spencer Hsu, Jennifer Jenkins, Aaron Carter, Ted Mellnik, Wilson Andrews - The Washington Post; Andrew Berkowitz - National Whistleblowers Center. Published April 17, 2012.

Notes

Offense: Offenses marked with • are initial charges. Others are the conviction charges. Offenses occurred between 1972 and 1994.
State: Federal cases are labeled US, with the state location in parentheses.

A Washington Post investigation connected this review report to this case. In cases where this icon is missing, a review report was not found, but was mentioned in other documents.

No documentation of disclosure: In 28 cases, The Post contacted defendant counsel who confirmed that they were not notified of review results.

This list reflects information in task force records about the status of specific cases at the time the documents were written. It may not reflect the current status of the particular cases. For example, courts may have subsequently upheld convictions even after defense lawyers argued that they were based on flawed forensic testimony from FBI agents.