United States v. John Ausby

In 1972, the government charged John Milton Ausby with the murder and rape of Deborah Noel. The prosecution introduced several pieces of evidence at trial connecting Ausby to the crime, including the testimony of a forensic expert who claimed that hairs found at the crime scene were microscopically identical to Ausby's hair. The jury subsequently convicted Ausby of the rape and murder and Ausby received a life sentence.

The government now concedes that the testimony of the forensic expert was false and misleading and that the government knew or should have known so at the time of Ausby's…