A man on death row for killing three siblings in Pennsylvania will get a chance to argue that his conviction was based on a flawed hair analysis.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 62-year-old David Chmiel will have the opportunity to raise questions about the reliability of the forensic tests that led to his 2002 conviction.
A court justice wrote that Chmiel's case warrants another look because the FBI has admitted testimony given by their hair examiners was wrong in a vast majority of cases.
Chmiel was originally convicted in 1984 and has appealed multiple times. His attorney hasn't returned a voicemail seeking comment.
The decision sends the case back to a lower court in Lackawanna County, where Chmiel will get to ask a judge for a new trial.
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