| First Name | Richard |
| Last Name | Beranek |
| Year of Conviction | 1990 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2018 |
| State of Conviction | Wisconsin |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Juvenile | No |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Type of Forensic Evidence |
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| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Examiner testified that inability to make a match was “extremely rare.” “I have never not been able to differentiate between two Caucasian head hairs.” His supervisor, FBI Agent Michael Malone, also examined the two hairs. “He concurred with me that the two hairs match.” During closings, the prosecutor called the hairs “absolutely identical,” an “incredible phenomenon.” |