The City of Detroit will be paying $1 Million to Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office to have one year’s worth of evidence investigated. That’s a lot of money. This is the perfect example of why it is better to pay a little extra up front, to have a sufficient number of properly trained laboratory analysts,
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Apparently criminal defense attorneys think highly of the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences (SWIFS). If you recall, we posted an entry a while back about SWIFS. Briefly an employee was terminated for purportedly not passing training milestones. The ex-employee contends he was fired for whistle-blowing about deficiencies in the crime lab.
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Ever since the NAS report was published, the popular media has taken an about face in what news stories they report. No longer are police crime labs portrayed as hallowed halls containing crusaders protecting the public from criminals. Now crime labs are described as lairs containing bumbling lackeys for tyrannical police
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