|
||||
|
…well that is what the article below contends. If only a quarter of the information in the following article is true, it indicates the North Carolina forensic lab system is in need of an extreme overhaul. Witness for the prosecution: Crime lab is loyal to law enforcement [Continue Reading NC:SBI Analysts are Advocates for the Prosecution……] Remember when a San Francisco Judge chastised the San Francisco prosecutor’s office for now disclosing the criminal/un-professional behavior of lab analyst Deborah Madden? District Attorney Kamala Harris response was to accuse the judge of being biased. How dare a judge not back-up the prosecutor’s office complicity in covering up the crime lab fiasco! [Continue Reading No Conflict of Interest in SF Crime Lab Court Challenge…] Most people will never directly be the victim of a violent crime. Many more will be the victim of property crimes. Due to prioritization, and backlogs in government crime labs, police department should follow Ft. Lauderdale PD’s lead — send property crime evidence to private labs. Quicker turn around will lead to quicker arrests, and less [Continue Reading Ft. Lauderdale Police to Use Private Lab to Help Fight Crime…] More shake-ups at the North Carolina State Crime Lab. Not only has the director been replaced, but bloodstain pattern recognition testing has been suspended. The outside investigation of the state crime lab has led North Carolina’s attorney general to suspend the six-agent unit that analyzes bloodstain patterns. Attorney General Roy Cooper said Friday that he asked the Excellent article echoing a common theme here on Forensic Science News. Take the labs out of the police/prosecutors’ offices. Make them independent. Just like what the NAS report said. Problems with crime labs follow a depressing pattern: a technician makes mistakes or deliberately fudges data. When the errors are eventually discovered, the police and prosecutor [Continue Reading Another Call to Make Crime Labs Independent…] |
||||
|
For more information on retaining my services visit Forensics Guy's Main Site | Privacy Policy
6 guests, 0 members Max visitors today: 18 at 02:20 am UTC This month: 18 at 09-03-2010 02:20 am UTC This year: 58 at 07-06-2010 06:47 pm UTC All time: 58 at 07-06-2010 06:47 pm UTC |
||||
