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Remember that 2009 NAS Report? One of the things it mentioned forensic labs were failing to do, was to report uncertainty of measurement. Other fields in science do it routinely — environmental, medical, industry etc. In forensic cases, especially DUI cases with blood alcohol results, the report usually lists one of multiple experimentally obtained readings, [Continue Reading DUI Blood Alcohol Results Tossed by Court as Unreliable…]  Numerous news sources in Colorado are reporting about a series of erroneously high blood alcohol results in DUI cases that were reported by the crime lab. The Colorado Gazette published the following: Prosecutors have begun contacting lawyers for 82 defendants whose drunken driving charges were based in part upon incorrect blood alcohol tests by the Colorado [Continue Reading Colorado Springs Metro Crime Lab Blood Alcohol Results WRONG.…] A forensic scientist’s worst nightmare — getting samples (or sample results) mixed up. Don’t say it can’t happen, just hope it only happens as rarely as it is discovered/reported. It very well might be much more common. Original article posted here. Tooele County prosecutors on Wednesday dismissed automobile homicide charges against a Tooele man after discovering a mix-up at [Continue Reading Charges dismissed after state lab mix-up…] |
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