FSN: Forensic Science News » crime lab 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 Arizona DPS Crime Lab Budget Crisis http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/arizona-dps-crime-lab-budget-crisis/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/arizona-dps-crime-lab-budget-crisis/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 15:00:29 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1158 If AZ Prop 100 doesn’t pass, it will mean longer turn around at the state crime lab. Forensic science analysis costs money. If the state crime lab isn’t funded, agencies will have to find other cheaper (ie: private labs) alternatives:

If voters fail to approve Proposition 100, the Arizona Department of Public

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/fbi-called-in-to-investigate-north-carolina-crime-lab/feed/ 0 Phoenix Crime Lab Labor Relations Tension Escalates http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-crime-lab-labor-relations-tension-escalates/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-crime-lab-labor-relations-tension-escalates/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:42 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1101 An article in the Arizona Republic indicates the prior accusations relating to the quality of work performed at the Phoenix PD Crime Lab is more politically motivated, based on a union trying to keep a group of employees from leaving.

Stay tuned.

A Phoenix labor-relations board is scheduled to hear testimony Wednesday from police crime-lab

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-crime-lab-labor-relations-tension-escalates/feed/ 0 Close Crime Lab to Balance Budget? http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/close-crime-lab-to-balance-budget/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/close-crime-lab-to-balance-budget/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:00:42 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1013 You have to feel for the Fresno County Sheriff, but there seems to be a lot of “black or white” thinking here as people posture for the political battle over the budget. Certainly closing two floors of the prison, and releasing 500 felons early, drastically laying off deputies, or closing the crime

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PHOENIX — CBS 5 News obtained

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“This lab is one of, if not the most advanced crime labs in the country,” said Crime Scene Section Supervisor Steve O’Dell…

I personally challenge Steve O’Dell’s “most advanced crime lab in the country” to

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-pd-crime-lab-most-advanced-in-the-country/feed/ 1 Funding sought for DPS crime lab http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/funding-sought-for-dps-crime-lab/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/funding-sought-for-dps-crime-lab/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:05:57 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=354 The solution to the state crime lab’s budget deficit? Send the bill to speeders and drunk-drivers. There isn’t a conflict of interest in prosecutors and police scientists directly benefiting from guilty DUI verdicts, and speeding is there? Well there will be if the legislature gets it’s way.

In summary, in order

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/funding-sought-for-dps-crime-lab/feed/ 0 National agency sought for forensic sciences http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/national-agency-sought-for-forensic-sciences/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/national-agency-sought-for-forensic-sciences/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:31:12 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=350 A federal inquisition has determined that crime labs across the country need to be overseen by the federal government. Was the report based on the investigators looking for their next job, or what they feel is actually what’s best for the criminal justice system?

I agree that crime labs need to be pried

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/prosecutors-move-to-seize-control-of-crime-lab/feed/ 1 Yet Another Article About the CSI Effect http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/yet-another-article-about-the-csi-effect/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/yet-another-article-about-the-csi-effect/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:21:23 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=192 An excellent article reiterating the effects TV shows like CSI are having on crime lab caseloads, juror opinions, as well as new defense attorney tactics.

Original article here.

Prime time pushes trend in crime forensics By Josh Mitchell • Staff Writer

Waynesville defense attorney Don Patten has noticed an interesting trend among jurors in recent years.

They are

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