FSN: Forensic Science News » Chandra Levy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 FBI Analyst Fired After Making Mistake. http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/fbi-fired-mistake-chandra-lev/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/fbi-fired-mistake-chandra-lev/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:00:24 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=702 Wow. Remember what I’ve been saying, forensic scientists are human beings, and therefor unfortunately fallible. Apparently if you work for the FBI, you get fired for being human.

At a hearing Friday, attorneys revealed the FBI analyst mistakenly contaminated the evidence with some of her own DNA. She has since been fired.

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