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Was John Merritt Wrongfully Convicted of Murder?

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A         Yes, sir. 

Q         Do you know if hair comparisons between Greg Hopkins, Gerald Skinner and the hair found at the crime scene have ever been made? 

A         After our phone discussion the other day I checked my records and I found the original hair samples that were voluntarily given to me by Greg Hopkins in the case file. They were not submitted, but they will be. 

Q         As of today the hair samples on Greg Hopkins have never been submitted to the lab for comparison of those found at the scene; right? 

A         Right. 

Q         How about the hair samples from Mr. Skinner, have they— 

A         No. 

Q         No? They’ve never been submitted either? 

A         No, sir. 

Q         The hair samples and the fingerprints that were submitted on John Merritt, has there been any identification linking those in any manner with those found at the scene? 

A         Not today. 

Q         Not today. Have you considered having DNA tests run on all three of them, or on any part of them? 

A         I’ll discuss that with Mr. Terhune. 

Later in the deposition, after questioning Nydam about the sharing of crime scene photos with Skinner, and Skinner’s reduced sentence, Griffin returns to the hair samples: 

Q         Can you explain to me what was the point of taking hair samples from these people in Virginia [where they were imprisoned in 1985] if you never submitted them to the lab? 

A         Wade, when you called me the other day, honestly, I really thought they’d all been submitted. 

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