In this section you will find pertinent testimony regarding the history of fabricated forensic evidence. Hennepin County prosecutors used fabricated shell casings to link Jerrell to the murder crime scene as a shooter. Jerrell had a prior misdemeanor conviction for reckless discharge of a firearm. A shell casing recovered from that misdemeanor was compared to one of four shell casings from the murder scene. The Hennepin County forensic examiner concluded that the shell casing from Jerrell's prior misdemeanor was a match to a shell casing found by the deceased.

At the immediate crime scene the shell casing found at evidence marker {"H"} was a {"nickel/silver"} shell casing. This nickel/silver shell casing mysteriously transformed into a {"brass/gold"} shell casing for the charging and conviction of Jerrell.

Jerrell was forced to defend against this very compelling fabricated forensic evidence. The Hennepin County district Judge let Jerrell's prior misdemeanor conviction be used by the prosecution in this murder case. Hennepin County prosecutors knowingly and intentionally used fabricated forensic evidence to charge and convict Jerrell. In their opening argument the prosecution stressed the importance of the matching of two {"brass/gold fabricated"} shell casings. During the trial, the prosecution called as many witnesses as allowed to testify about Jerrell's prior misdemeanor and the shell casing. During the prosecutions closing argument to the jury, they again highlighted and stressed that Jerrell fired that same gun into the deceased. They told the jury that the shell casings were a forensic match to one another. This was fabricated evidence! This was the knowing use of false evidence! This is the leading cause of wrongful convictions.

The following is relevant excerpts of the shell casings, the prior misdemeanor case involving Jerrell, and how Hennepin County used this evidence to wrongfully convict Jerrell.