The FBI is looking for defendants wrongly convicted based on faulty forensic testimony . The announcement followed a Washington Post report that the Justice Department knew of problems . On Tuesday , federal prosecutors in Washington said a man convicted of a 1981 rape and home invasion is innocent and his conviction should be vacated . The Justice Department did not say how long it will take to sort through cases .
The FBI is looking for defendants wrongly convicted based on faulty forensic testimony . The announcement followed a Washington Post report that the Justice Department knew of problems . The Justice Department did not say how long it will take to sort through cases .